Field notes, v1313
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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