Field notes: Eastern United States return trip through Canada and Northwest United States, San Diego trip,1916, and second Eastern United States trip "via northwest", v4546
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120 June 9, Canadian Rockies alt. 5200 feet. Lodgepole pines persist clear over, with some ji on a lake just west, saw three Harlequin Ducks and one Golden. The last and two of the first were males, and showed well their striking colors. At 8:00-8:20 (P.T.) at Field, 4060 ft. Heard several Robins singing; also Andalus Warblers. Deciduous growth, cottonwoods, etc, Canadian zone, came in again at about 4300 ft. Glaciers of blue ice on mountain above, and glacial work leveling up the canyon below. At Golden, saw several Western Robins and a flock of 12 Cranes in cultivated fields on the Columbia River bottom. 10:55 a.m. - At Beavermouth, having come along down the Columbia, which for the most part occupies a narrow gorge. Timber is heavy, country