Field notes, v574
Page 67
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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