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Culbreath
1942
\n1/2 mi. S.E. Willow Creek, 600 ft., Trinity Co., Calif.
Jan 12
The birds collected included [illegible]
Ruby-crowned Knights, Townsend Solitaire,
Junks, and Chestnut-backed Chickadees
This evening I ran a string of 25 traps
through cover of black oak and down logs,
brush piles covered with honeysuckle, under
an old broken down wooden fence, in
the rocks around a bracken fern patch,
short grass in the open and around a spring
house.
Jan 13.
At 8 this AM I collected 14 rodents from the 25
traps set last PM. The catch was evenly
divided as to species of Microtus, Peromyscus
maniculatus, and Peromyscus true but only
one tribrid shrew was taken. The Peromyscus
true and maniculatus do not show any
restriction to different habitat but run together
in all types, light or dense cover.
I shot a Red-shafted flicker feeding in the
orchard. Examination of the mouth indicated
that they are feeding chiefly on ants and
small grubs.
In the brush next to the river and at an
elevation of about 530 ft the band of Mountain
Quail was observed. At this same location
I watched a immature golden bald eagle
flying along the river. The bird flying
passed about 100 ft directly over my head.