Field notes, v577
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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.