Field notes, v1313
Page 197
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Gullon 1949 journal. 171 Sept 1 3 mi. N Willow Creek, 700 ft., Humboldt Co., Calif. Mtn Chickadee, Red-breasted Nuthatcher, a Spotted Towhee, Turkey Vulture, Tree Swallows and an Audubon Warbler. This last habitat was found at about the 3500 foot elevation on Bannan Mtn (4 mi #NW of Willow Creek) and became more pure forest of this type, that is with Douglas Fir dropping out, as we approached the top. Earlier in the afternoon an Acorn Woodpecker was heard in the Johnson Prairie area, a Douglas Chickadee was collected just down the stream bed from the lake at the head of the east fork of Three Creeks. A Sceloporus graciosus was taken in cut-over area about 1/4 mile N of Johnson Prairie. Found several trees of Western Yew (Taxus brevifolia) in the Pure Douglas Fir Forest just south of the lake at the head of the east fork of Three Creeks. Saw old bear tracks in the mud at this lake and fresh der(Bobcat), cat, and raccoon tracks in the same mud. Also saw fresh deer and bear tracks in the dust of the road near the summit of Bannan Mtn. On the way down, we saw a lot of Port Orford Cedar along Bannan Creek at the 7400 foot elevation and saw at least 3 Mtn Quail along the road just E of these. Also saw