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Gullion
1949
Journal
184
Sept 8 Red Mtn. 5300ft., 1/4 mi S Hayfork, Trinity Co., Calif.
Fox Sparrows and saw a J Rufous Hummingbird.
Saw 2 Vaux Swifts and collected a Savannah Sparrow on this ridge.
Leaving these I returned to Camp and skinned
my specimens. During the evening 2 Spotted
Owls came through camp but were not
collected.
Sept 9 Same locality - Left camp early this morning.
Collected a Fox Sparrow on the ridge S of camp,
then got another a few minutes later. Worked
around the E side of the hill S of Camps, thru
a fine forest of mature White Pines, Jeffrey and
Sugar Pines and Incense Cedars. Saw several
Chickarees, Townsend Chipmunks and
collected 1 Brown Creeper. Saw a Cooper
Hawk flash thru the forest. Coming out
onto the open top of this hill I saw several
more Fox Sparrows and collected 1
Sceloporus occidentalis. Heard a White-
breasted Nuthatch in the pine forest on
the S slope of this hill. Working on down
this slope I found several more Fox Sparrow
and a Spotted Towhee. When I shot at
the Towhee I flushed 1 forked horn and 2
3 point Black-tails out of the Mangenta
just beyond. Working on around this ridge,
Serpentine barren S of this hill I saw 2
more Fox Sparrows, several Yellow-pine
and Sonoma Chipmunks, and collected one