Field notes, v577
Page 129
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Calbreath 1942 S. Fork Mt. 4 mi N. Mad River Rd., El 3160 Trinity Co. Cal. Jan. 23. stream near the junk pile for a skunk. Because of heavy rains this morning I did not leave camp until 9 AM when the storm began to break. The storm during the night brought snow down to 4000 ft. While it did not rain hard it rained almost continuous all day. During the short spells between showers the birds were extremely eager to feed. Leaving camp I circled around and down to the Mad River to check our live and snow traps sets. I caught one Olethronomy which was the third of its kind taken in the same trap. The trap was placed under a tang of 4-12 inch pole size douglas fir that had fallen out into an open clearing made by a spring temp. I also caught one Microtus and 3 Reacomys mic in other traps. Chickadee-backed chickadees and the finchlets were feeding every place in the Douglas Fir cove. One pileated wood pecker was taken from the lower part of a douglas fir while it was feeding. Just as I look out of the timber on to a large glade one jackrabbit was seen as he ran from cover under the manzanita.