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J.G. Hall
1954
155
March 26 Sagehen Creek, 3 mi. NW Hobart Mills, Nevada Co., Calif.
Main camp 6:30 AM. Left for downstream colonies. About 0°F & a slight haze. Upper Rockslide Rockslide colony 7AM. Heard Pigeon owl calling about every 2 secs from high upon the south slope. The Lower Rockslide colony has 3-4' of snow. Stream open but a thin layer of ice covers the ponds. Lodge near OBS has a melt hole from which rising steam was barely visible. Chickadees calling. ¾ mi. below lower rock-slide colony a coyote track crossed the trail. 7:35 r.b. nut hatches calling.
8AM. Williamson sapsucker calling. 8:15 a robin calling from top of a lodgepole just above Roadside colony. Log cabin 8:55, a big set of coyote tracks leading to stream from cabin. 9:05 Old section Lower colony of Lower Colony. Weather calm & clear, snow 2-3 ft deep; not much cutting evident. Main Lodge had an area 5' in diam on the S side on which all the snow had been melted off. The rest was covered ≈ about a foot. Pond frozen over & snow-covered except for the extreme N& S ends of the pond where water was swiftest. Some parts of the S end of the pond were actually open water.