Albreath 1942 \n1/2 mi S.E. Willow Creek, 600 ft, Humboldt Co., Calif. \nJan 8. th open by squeaking sounds. About 10 P.M. Attempts to call the owl around camp was made but no calls were answered. \nJan 9. This AM at 8:00 Wad and I departed from camp for some of the high areas back of camp. We drove south east of camp about 2 miles to the Friday Ridge Road. Starting up from the river the vegetation runs from Alders to Douglas Fir and then to Manzanita and Madrone. The Manzanita was in tall plants with tops 10 to 12 feet above ground. The next definite zone of plants above the Manzanita was the Black Oak with scattered short grass openings. In a few places scattered single trees of Yellow Pines could be seen. In the grassy openings numerous meiotic lumors could be seen that had been made when snow covered this area a few weeks ago. Gradually the Black Oak and Madrone mixes with the Douglas Fir. At an elevation of 1500 to 2,400 ft good dense stands of this little association are quite common. The Douglas Firs have attained good height with most of them running 175 to 200 ft tall and approximately 2-4 P.B.H.. In most places dense reproduction is coming in under the old timber. leaving few openings. We worked around