Field notes, v577
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Calbreath 1942 Jan 14. Willow Creek to South Fork Mtin Trinity Co, Calf throid. There are still large trees of Douglas Fir and Port Orford Cedar Stands, as well as small mixtures of Oak. The ground cover is very lightly brushy principally with manzanita and bay laurel. The summit of the road comes up to the Maple Creek, Bridgerill, Cineba junction. The distance from the J H Dallas ranch from this point is 10 miles. We took the road to Bridgerill. It is a graded dirtroad which in places is a narrow one way road. In general it traverses the open rangeland on a south west facing slope. There are a few places where the road drops from the general 2400 foot elevation into Timbered canyons. About 16 miles out of Bridgerill to the north the daylight came to us, and the trip from this point on to Riley's camp was made after dark. Peris and Redtail hawks were frequently seen on this open rangeland. The this seen numbered 16 and hawks 8. Two birds were observed that were thought to be golden eagles. We stopped at Bridgerill for dinner and made camp at Riley's at 9:30 PM. The weather was extremely clear and