Howell, T.R. 1948 1949 Twin Spring, 38 mi NNW of Alturas, Modoc Co., Calif. May 20 - I arrived at Twin Spring about 1:30 this afternoon after a tough drive from Alturas. The first 10 mi of the road were very muddy and slippery, but after that it was dry and easy driving. The Crowder Flat Ranger Station is 3/4 mi away but there is no one there now - the ranger at Canby said they expected to have a man in there on the 11th of June. The weather is cool and alternately cloudy and sunny today. I took about an hour's walk around Twin Spring hoping to find sapsuckers. There are Flickers, White-headed Woodpeckers, Hairy Woodpeckers, but I have not seen sapsuckers. There is a small creek with numerous aspens along it which show old signs of Sapsuckers. The rest of the trees are mostly yellow pine. There is a pair of red-tailed hawks which must have a nest close by as they are much disturbed at my presence. One, possibly the male, is melanistic - almost solid black on the underparts except for the tail and wing feathers.