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Turdus migratorius
Julien 1949
Aug 9 Big Lagoon, Humboldt Co., Calif.
Found the general vicinity of a nest
in the dense thimbleberry - salmonberry
thicket on the west side of the first
bend in Maple Creek W of the bridge.
I could hear the young in the nest and
the two parents were chirping vigorously nearby.
Aug 11 - same locality - Found an empty robin's nest
about 10 feet up in a crotch formerly
[a crossed-out line]
a mass of small branches
coming out of the trunk of a 6 in
cedar. Nest mostly of moss with a
little bit of grass woven in - lined
with a mud cup.
Aug 25 Coyote Peak, 3100 ft., Humboldt Co., Calif. 1
speckle-breasted young collected in a
Fir - Maple Forest (see journal p. 154-155)
a little way below the spring at [illegible]
feet on the west side of the peak. I heard an
adult in the same area and 1 or 2 other
young birds after this one was collected.
The immediate forest was composed of
Bay, Chinquapin, Madrone, Big-leaf
Maple and Vine Maple with a damp
substrate, little muddy pools, and
moss covered rocks and logs. The trees
were all extremely tall and slender for the