Hall 1953 138 Aug 27 Sage Hen Creek, 3 mi. NW Hobart Mills, Nevada Co., Calif. U.colony diameters to cut a 2-incher. A few scattered cuts as far up as quail nest isle Twin pinedam loaded & fresh mant. material. Marking chart D X 1 || 2 IIII 3 IIIII 4 IHIH II 5 || 6 || 7 I 8 I 2 afternoon mapped in detail. 6PM Robin-size grosbeak (Pine) lits in l.pole 15' away & began to sing doo-de, dit-doo, etc. Head and breast rosy, rump pink, rest of body grayish. Bill large. 8 PM, coyotes howling across creek & down a little. Had set traps earlier but checked them after dark. Aug 28 caught nothing. Said out aspen sampling strips most of day. In afternoon took two photos from a rock just downslope from the large node at the NW corner of the rocky slope where so much cutting has occurred. One shot, E, of the cutting and one, SE, of the willows. 3 PM took sample A: upslope from house asp & sub marked A 1 2 B 4 5 6 7 8 H 10 total 2 0 8 1 3 0 1 3 6 0 = 24 used 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 = 2 Sample B: upslope N from aspen island & a broken top T 4 1 2 0 1 3 2 0 0 0 = 13 U 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 = 2 Sample C: upslope N from asp. stump 10' E of symmetrical (Sta #24) T 3 2 0 1 4 2 0 0 0 0 = 9 U 3 1 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 = 6 Quit at 5 PM. Wind high all day; weather threatening. Set traps 6 PM at small dam