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Quillan
1949
journal
140
Aug 19 Humboldt Co., Calif.
we saw a Citellus beckyi along
the road in a small clearing in the
Redwood forest. Went thru a
fine stand of uncult Redwood, and
quickly climbed into pure Douglas
Fir at about 1200 feet on the ridge. We
drove for many miles thru open
Douglas fir forest until we
suddenly came out onto the open
Bald Hills. Right at the edge of the
forest - or better, within the first
mile along the road I counted 10
sparrow hawks, foraging or resting
on phone poles. A little further
on at Childs Hill Prairie a flock of
50-75 Ravens stirred up and began
circling. We stopped for awhile on
the Wride of Schoolhouse Peak - there
found a deciduous forest of Garry
Oak, some black oak, tan oak Lithocapus
denisflora, big leaved maple Acer
macrophyllum, wine maple Acer circinum,
Douglas fir mixed in, gooseberries,
and poison oak Rhus sp? . Leaving
these, we passed on through some
more open country seeing 3 Mourning
Doves, many Ground Squirrels,