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Crowley
1942
Journal
May 28 Cedar Grove, Forkings R., 4600 ft., Fresno Co., Calif.
fast, M. Redm, Ida De May and I took
the trail up to the falls on Sheep Creek (7:45.
I continued on after M. Redm stopped at
the Calliope's nest and Ida turned back
at 11:18. It was a very cold, foggy or cloudy
day and few birds braved the air with
song. Junco hopped about the ground.
Robin ran and hopped about at
snowline. A White-headed Woodpecker
flew from above the trail - where there were
a number of dead stumps and fallen
logs - to a Yellow Perri below the trail.
Once it repeated this performance on my
return trip, I theorized that it had a nest
perhaps in one of the dead stumps above
the trail. Once it did not return to the
stump in which its nest was located, I
could not ascertain which one stump it
was in. A Fy Sparrow sang from
a Manzanita-covered east facing slope.
A hawk - light underparts, with a light
red tail, black head and wing tips - floated
over the hill at Summit Meadows, just above
the place where the west fork of Sheep Creek
crosses the trail. Junco hopped about
the snow there. At Summit Meadow
the snow had melted for the greater part