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Million
1949
Journal
-118-
Aug 10 Big Lagoon, Humboldt Co., Calif.-
road towards the Fire Wardens cabin - to
The woods along the road at the SW corner
of the pasture S of camp. There - in the dark
of night - I could hear rabbits running
along the stream side and a couple of animals
I suspect to be deer crashing around in
the brush nearby.
Aug 11 same locality - Went over to my bat
shooting spot of last night- found the
missing bat [illegible] went on to my trap line
picked up two Sorex pacificus, relocated
several traps, putting them in small
underground burrows of some animal.
leaving the trap line I started out of
the forest when I ran into a mob of
Chestnut-backed Chickadees. With them
were Golden-crowned Kinglets, Hutton Vireos
(3), a Pileated Warbler, and a Blairy Wood-
pecker. That I heard a Cassin Vireo
but wasn't sure while trying to
track it down I collected 2 of Stellar
jays. Another caching jay came into
the immediate vicinity but I was not
able to take him it. Went back to
where the Chickadees had been and
examined a robin's nest. After examining
the nest & heard a faint pecking in some