Calbreath 1942 Jan 4. 3 mi No. Trinidad, 300 fut, Humboldt Co, Cal, with birds were feeding but it quickly flew out of sight. A group of six crows was also seen flying over headed in the direction of Big Lagoon to the North. At noon Ward Russell picked me up with the truck and we returned to camp. My trap line had little of any interest with the exception of almost 75% of the animals caught being destroyed by other rodents. Jan 5. We departed from camp at 8AM and drove back to a point 1 mile south of Big Lagoon. Starting from highway 101 I walked along an old logging road one mile due east to the edge of some thick uncut or burned timber. I then followed along the deer trails for almost 1/2 mile in under, the dense timber. 3 Pileated woodpeckers were heard but only one was seen. It was working in the top of a 150 foot dead snag that stood surrounded by sound trees. My shot missed and that was the last Pileated seen today. The Gray Jays could be heard in the high tree tops but none were within range of a gun. Other bird life under this timber was extremely rare. This evening I obtained We returned to camp at noon. This evening I caught a Sora benderis which now bring this number caught to 2.