Field notes, v577
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Culbreath 1941 Dec 30. 3 mi. No. Trinidad, 300 ft. Humboldt Co., Calif. Headed back toward camp as I stayed my first group of quail in this area. They were extremely wild and one did not have time to shoot. About 11 AM it began to rain very hard and I returned to camp. About 300 yds off the shore line at camp, is located a good sized colony of sea lions. This loud barks can be heard very distinctly even in the timber area behind camp at any time of the day or night. Dec. 31. The weather was unsettled in the morning but clouded off and dropped to freezing temperature during the night. Walking down the steep slopes out of camp one can get on a rocky sands less beach 300 feet below her. The slopes are covered with tangles of high thick brush with the exception of along the Alder thickets, shade areas and one place 1/2 mile No of here when the sheep have grazed the area opened up the brush and given the shot growns a chance for establishment. This pastures land is spotted with thickets of Brushers and Ninebark and the Lupines form a dominant part of the cover types. The coast line here appears to be very lacking in bird life with only two song sparrows observed along some 1/4 mile of the rocky beach. The pastures land had