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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.