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Culbreath
1942
S. Fork Mt. 4 mi N. Mad River Rock. El, 3,100 Trinity Co., Calif.
Jan 17
When one yellow legged frog was collected.
Working up the grassy slope not found a
pure isolated group of 12 large Western
Red Cedars. The Golden Crown Kinglets and
Mountain Chickadees were feeding in their tops.
Just before reaching the top of the ridge the
grassland breaks into a border of Western
Red Cedar Trees that are about 10-16 feet tall
this runs into brush principally manzanita
and directly on top is a good stand of
Douglas Fir and White Fir.
A road runs along the ridge of the
mountain. Car travel is prohibitis at this
time of year by snow. Large patches
of snow were covering the road in
places 8 to 12 inches deep. I worked along
this road to the 5000 foot elevation and
then dropped down the ridge to the west.
A good cold wind was blowing along
the ridge and most of the birds were
on the west facing slope where they ever
protected. The ridge that I came down
was almost pure Western Red Cedar,
down to 4000 foot level, where it merged
into the Douglas Fir. The only birds observed
in this cover were large bands of Juncos
and small groups of quail and small
groups of Kinglets and Chickadees.