Field notes, v1313
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Journal 1949 Sept 3 3mi N Willow Creek, 700 ft, Humboldt Co., Calif. heard a [illegible] Owl and 2 away down in the valley N of the ridge, heard two Scream Owls on the crest of the ridge and then returned to camp. During the night, it was bright moonlight, I took a Bufo from my sleeping bag, and latter a Flying Squirrel was on the trunk of the Incense Cedar, about 4 feet from my head. Heard no animal calls during the night. Sept 4 Same locality - Up early this morning and out. Checked Traps - caught 1 Neotoma and 1 immature Peromyscus in the traps near camp, and 1 Neotoma and 2 Peromyscus in the line on the north side of the summit. Returned to camp, collected a Sciurus from the lower branches of a Jeffrey Pine. Worked the south slope of the summit area for birds. Had a long conversation with a Pygmy Owl saw or heard at least 6 Mountain Chickadees and a like number of Red-breasted Nutatches. Encountered quite a gang of Vermit Thrushes including one family group, collected 1. Heard a Cassin Vireo and a Black Bear in the Tan Oak forest SW of camp. On the slope S of the summit saw a flock of about 15 Cedar Waxwings, 2 or 3 Robins,