Field notes, v1313
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July 1949 Journal 166 Aug 29 3 mi N Willow Creek, 700 ft., Humboldt Co., Calif. Brush Bar consists mostly of exposed gravel and sandy areas along the Trinity River. There are some herbaceous plants (legumes) but most vegetative cover is found in two willows Salix hindsiana and melanopsis. The Brush Cotton under the Bay-Oak-Cottonwood woodland along the Trinity River has Snow- Berry, Western Syringa, California Coffee-Berry, as understory in addition to the above mentioned plants, with Grape Vitus californica growing on many bushes. Hazel Corylus avellana and an occasional Honeysuckle Lonicera hispidula is also present in this growth. - I collected a Sharp-shinned Hawk, Chat and Lark Sparrow from this area. (Coming in from camp this morning I collected a Brush Rabbit, saw another, also saw a Mourning Dove. Returning to camp about 11:30 a.m. I saw 1 and probably 2 Oglesby Constrictors in a brushy area, but was unable to collect either of them. In camp during the afternoon I took 2 Rana boylii and 1 larva Dicamptodon from Coon Creek. Aug 30 - same location - Returned with Cogswell to the area just north of Willow Creek. On the way over saw a Mourning Dove in a