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Aug 19 Humboldt Co., Calif.-
a Red-Tailed Hawk and Turkey Vulture.
Leaving the Bald Hills just north of
Coyote Peak, we cut NE to French
Camp, about 2 miles NE of Coyote Peak.
Set up camp there, in a open park
of Incense Cedar Libocedrus decurrens and
Douglas Fir. Between 4:30 Pm and Dark
I heard or saw Red Crossbills, Steller's
GJay, Chestnut-backed Chickadee and
Red-breasted Nuthatch. Looked for
Bats at dusk, but no luck. Before
evening I set out 25 Snap Traps-stating
under a mine bark Physocarpus capitatus,
working across a grassy meadows, and
then up among a rocky area covered
by the a thicket of Tan Oak Lithocarpus
densiflora. Under the tan oak was
poison oak, much leaf litter and
fallen branches.
Aug 20 French Camp, 3 miles NE Hwy101, Cal.
Made no round of my mammal
traps, got 9 Peromyscus maniculatus, 1
Sorex sp?, 1 yng Neotoma fuscipes.
After shinning the Sorex I went out,
crossed the meadow N of camp and went
up on the ridge. Near the top it opened
out to loose Douglas fir forest with
practically no under brush. Saw two