Field notes, v1313
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Gulletti 1949 journal -115- Aug 9 Big Lagoon, Humboldt Co., Calif. winged Swallow earlier in the day. After dinner I shot at bats (once!) without any success. In addition to the above listed birds & heard Musclets flying overhead early this morning, saw several groups of Band-tailed Pigeons, heard one Flicker. Tried to collect a couple of Crossbills, shot and missed a young Waywing, heard Steller Jays Twice. Aug 10 same locality - This morning went over to the trap line I put out last night - collected a Black-headed Grosbeak on the forest edge - the trap line produced 2 Sorex pacificus and 1 Zapus trinotatus. Picked up a Rana aurora along Maple Creek about 100 yards below the bridge. Returned to camp and shinned out my take - one Sorex proved too battered to be worth shinning. It cleared out 3:30 p.m. today - now at 4:30 it is clear with a mass of medium high clouds lifting in from the west.. After supper I went back over to the bend in Maple Creek (see next page) and worked around there. 3 Nighthawks were circling over the forested hill S of camp and