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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,