Hall 1955 263 Apr. 15 Sage Hen Creek, 3 mi. NW Hobart Mills, Nevada Co., Calif. finch. Seen: r.b. + w.b. nuthatch, chickadee, Williamson's sapsucker drumming, flicker, joshawk, Steller's jay. Though Kiln Indian covered uniformly by a foot of snow, I spotted a Belding's ground squirrel on its edge just N. of the creek where ground was bare & is flat. This is in same spot where they've been seen often in summer (cf. July 14,5/1952, p. 23,15 et al). It ran into a hole between two large l'pole roots at "Kensinger's" old camp site. Clickaree at ford, gray coat + I think still had ear tufts. Clipsmunkes Upper nearly, Robins. Arr. U. colony 10:50 One to two feet of snow on each bank of pond but only a very thin layer of ice on pond itself. No snow on lodge. A 14" asp cut + lying so 90% of it is over pond but only 3" x smaller branches have been cut; bark from a 1'square area removed from trunk. Big pile of barbed sticks lying at end of short canal N of lodge. 11:55 tools & w shot of 14" asp cut near lodge 122 exp. isoprop. marking schedule: ```