J.G. Hall 1953 109 July 7 Sagehen Creek, 3 mi. NW Hobart Mills, Nevada Co, Calif. with a body about 5" long. Couldn't catch him by the time I'd laid down my paint, etc. Marking record: Left 4 PM. D x L 1 44 1 2 90 3 45 2 4 26 5 22 6 7 7 9 1 8 5 9 6 10 5 11 1 260 4 Weather clear but breezy all day long. Saw Goshawk soaring but no - like E of camp late afternoon. July 8 Sierraville to Sierra Valley, Sierra Co, Calif. 10 AM, clear-hazy. Hot. Irrigated alfalfa field habitat. Meadowlarks, magpies, Beechey ground squirrel, barn swallows July 10 & w. Kingbird, Lower Sage Hen Creek, 3 mi. NW Hobart Mills, Nevada Co, Calif. Lower Colony 10:05 AM, Weather clear + calm although it was cloudy + even sprinkled a little last night. At least 7 trees had been cut + two others notched since my last visit here on the 7th. This was in the NW corner where cutting has been most fresh this summer. Watched a 14" garter snake in quiet backwater 5" or so deep. He was submerged completely,