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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