Howell, T.A. 1949 Journal Crowder Flat, 5200 ft., 38 mi NNW of Alturas, Modoc Co, Calif. June 25 - Weather clear, warm all day. At the Bluebird nest by Saps. nest #3, I noticed a commotion and saw a Chickaree pulling nest material out of the Bluebird nest hole. It looked as though the nest were half out. The squirrel made several visits, and all the while the birds were very agitated, cheeping and popping their bills rapidly. The squirrel was silent, and seemed undisturbed by them. I could not tell what happened to the young Bluebirds, assuming that they had been in the nest. 7:30 P.M. - at nest #3. While I sat quietly in plain sight, a doe came up to within 6 ft behind me. I heard steps and turned; both of us were a bit startled, and the doe bounded off about 15 yds and stopped, looking back curiously. Then she went down to the meadow and finally across it into the pines. In this time she made what I can only call a "snuffing" sound, not a hiss, not a snort, but more like the former. It is clearly audible for 75 yds. In the northwest there is a lot of heat lightning and thunder, -- clear elsewhere. June 26 - 3:30 A.M. Robins and Pewees calling, joined by Empidonax flycatchers a few minutes later. The Chipping Sparrows began singing about 3:45, and the Warbling Vireos not until after 4:00. In the late afternoon, in the meadow by the ranger station there were 2 young bucks - one with a pr. of two-point antlers, growing, the other with just elonga- ted knobs. I have noted, by the way, that deer go under barbed-wire fences when they come to them.