J.G. Hall 1954 158 May 15 Sagshen Creek, 3 mi., NW Hobart Mills, Nevada Co., California Main Camp. L..kinlets v pileolated warblers. Robins also seen. Scared dipper from nest of moss on side of w/water tank. Ray Allen say's it's ben (1 mo.) there for some time and moss was fresh+ Roadside green when first put on. Roadside colony 9:70 am. Song sparrow singing in willows. ? hairy in dead e pole. Much new cutting on the 'bend': fresh peeled asp. logs floating in ponds. Some felled asp. is small leaf. Down on lower end of bend a tremendous amount cut since last visit. Many new little dams. 10 am. fox sp. singing from asp. twig 10' right above water. These 'bend' cuttings don't yet extend downstream below where path loops right down to stream. Steller jay caroled & flew. Park-like stretch be- low bend has only willow + might dis- courage spread between bend down + shack up-ward movement. Chickadee calling 10:10. Mt. quail calling from chaparral. Cutting going well above shack where it's been rapid in winter, snow permitting. New observation: a tree felled before its leaves were out (snow once on ground) has become half leafed- out now, just as well as those standing. The leaves are 3 1/4" long. A dam 3' high