Hoffmeister 1941 Itinerary Calaveras Big Tree State Park, Calaveras Co., Calif. forested areas to forage, in the same places were the Sciurus douglasii were foraging previously. Within a 300 yd. radius of our campsite, I would estimate the number of chickarees at 8. Two were seen eating fungus. One was scared away from a piece it was holding on the ground. Another was watched eating a piece for 10 minutes in a tree, after which time it lodged the fungus in a crotch of the tree near the ground. I obtained this piece. The fungus eaten had a sour-sweet odor that was anything but pleasant. The same type of fungus grew on several of the yellow pines. On removal of this fungus, I could detect no foul odor. Perhaps it is only after a length of time, or after the fungus is dead, that it becomes palatable to the chickaree. We returned on the morning of the 19th via Angels Camp, Sonora, & Manteo. Twelve traps placed at the southern boundary of the park caught nothing.