Field notes, v1313
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Sullivan 1949 Journal 172 Sept 1 3 mi, N Willow Creek, 100 ft., Humboldt Co., Calif. a Red-tailed Hawk gliding westward over the ridge W of the summit of Brannan Mtn. Sept 2 Same locality - Stayed in camp and skinned all morning. Collected a Diampetador eating a Thamnohirs elegans at noon and planned on going to Brannan Mtn tonight for an evening of Trapping and hunting with Coggswell but Murray carried the truck keys with him when he left so we were not able to go. Sept 3 Same locality - Went out to the Patterson Ranch (see next page) and hunted. Collected a Savannah Sparrow from a group of a dozen or so in a Corn-field, then collected a Mourning Dove just S of his ranch along a Mazzinta - Madrone thicket. Saw both a Sparrow and Sharp-shinned Hawk on the Patterson Ranch, and flushed a Cooper Hawk when I shot the Dove. Went on down to the bridge and turned up the Campbell Ridge Road going SE from the bridge. Saw a Mountain Quail, heard a Black-throated Gray Warbler and saw 8 Turkey Vultures circling low. Returned to camp and skinned the two birds. Left camp about 3:15 p.m. for a