Field notes, v1313
Page 176
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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]