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J. Crowley
1941
Journal
May 29 Queen Creek State Park, Mendocino Co., Calif.
like a ghost ring of a door bell.. It had
a black body, mostly, but with streaks
about the sides of his head, and a & red
nap or crown - difficult to distinguish
which. Continuing with our retracing --
we hiked back to the first fork of the South
Trail and took the route eastward which
we had first found on May 28. We fol-
lowed this to its first barnyard fence --
under which we went. On the other side
of the fence we stopped to inspect a
Young Tunga and a young Sequoia. Our
attention was drawn by hammering to
a California Woodpecker high up in an old
Douglas Fir. It hammered vigorously, then
looked away to rest, repeated action. Then
it worked out from near trunk to near end
of branch, then flew near trunk and
hung upside down while it hammered
at lower part of its limb. Then it swooped
up from the limb and dove down
into the grove of Redwood and firs.
Vicki and I continued our walk to the
next fork of the South Trail. We
took a path which widened into an old
wagon & road. This all through pines to