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Culbreath
1942
Jan 19.
S. Fork Mt. 4 mi N. Bad River Rock, El. 3/100 Trinity Co., Calif.
I left camp at 8:30 this AM and returned
at 1:30 PM. I made a circle from camp
down to the river and then north west
down the river 3 1/4 mile. At this point this
is a fairly wide bottomed canyon that
runs to the north and crosses highway
36. I thought that the birds could be found
in this area when it was shielded some
from the wind but no birds were
observed in this area. In the late
afternoon I collected a townsend solitar
from the willows that was protected from
the wind by large Douglas Pines.
Jan 20.
A high wind has been blowing all
day and is still going well tonight.
The weather has been slightly overcast
with very high thin clouds. The temperature
has been high here for this time of year
the last two days.
I ran into a group of 3 chickadees today
that got excited when I gave the pygmy
owl call. One male was collected
# 150 that shows very long scrotum for this
time of the year. It measured 50 milimeters
on the unshined animal.
This evening I set out a line of 25
mouse traps through Douglas fir, along