Field notes, v1313
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Dullion 1949 journal 196 Sept 10 Red Mtn, 5300ft., 14 mi S Hayfork Trinity Co. Calif. N of camp. Went on over the forested ridge to a little stream flowing with quite a bit of water. Saw a Gray Squirrel, several Chickadees and an Olive-sided Flycatcher here in addition to the usual Red-breasted Nuthatches and Mountain Chickadees. Also heard a Winter Wren singing in the forest just S of this spring. Working on from the spring onto the ridge just north I called a White-headed Woodpecker in to about ten feet and two Red-breasted Nuthatches tried to land on my hunting cap. Working on up the ridge I saw a Vaux Swift pass overhead, and working onto a barren S slope I saw a flock of about 6 Western Bluebirds foraging on the slope. Looked this Barren Ridge Habitat over. It is shallow soil area on top of a series of ridges radiating out from South Dubachelle Mountain. Vegetation is scarce and far between. What is there consists of a few stunted Jeffrey Pines and widely spaced scrubby bushes of Brown-berry Manzanita (Arctostaphylos cuneatus, Purshia tridentata, Holochilus discolor, Arctothos prostratus, Brown-berry Manzanita (Purmes emarginata.