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Chickadees in this area also saw an Empidonax flycatcher, a
Paleated Woodpecker and a pair of Downy Woodpeckers, 3 of
which was collected. [illegible] Nutton Vireos. Also had a Swainson
Thrush foraging in oak leaf litter, and later saw it. Collected 1
2 Swainson Thrushes foraging in small fires on the edge of a
extensive Pine Doug Fir forest. Working on up the trail Oak forest
alternates with Douglas Fir. In one oak forest I collected
a warbling vireo that was foraging in the [illegible] crowns, as
am high enough on this S slope of Waterman Ridge that to
see over the ridge to the S, I came upon old up Oaks &
mixed in the Black Oak forest. Also Tan oak.
understory (the ladden-cup). Oak Trees a very large). In an
area I saw several Sceloporus, but was not able to take one.
also heard a Cassin Vireo singing calling over a period
5 minutes or so. It called steadily. Using a pygmy
call trying to entice the vireo into range for collecting,
got an answer from a Pygmy Owl somewhere down
slope. Also at a flicker in this area, and a Paleated
Woodpecker heard not too far away. Still further along the trail
a small bald with some lizards scurrying for shelter. Also
Juncos Chestnut-backed Chickadees and Nutton Vireos in the
surrounding Douglas Fir forest (also Mosquitoes). In the moister
draws along this trail are slender tall Broad-leaved
just a short distance below the place where the trail hits
crest of the ridge I saw a Paleated Woodpecker and heard a
Red-breasted Nut-hatch. By some the trail reaches the ridge
the Black Oak has played out, and is replaced by
Tan Oak, forming a forest about equivalent to the Douglas Fir Forest of French Camp (See journal p. 143). The
understory here is Tan Oaks, Madsons, and evergreenuckleberry, also
Dogwood (C. nuttallii). Along this area I flushed a & point
Black-tail Deer. This forest gradually changes from one in which
in which Douglas Fir is dominant to one in which [illegible]