Field notes, v1364
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Howell, T.R. 1949 S.v. daggetti 2 38 mi NNW of Alturas Twin Springs, ____ ft., 3/4 mi of Crowder Flat, Modoc Co., Calif. May 21 (cont'd) of the hole and then shifted over to it. For 10 minutes he stayed in this position, looking around at me and occasionally bobbing his head into the hole but not going all the way in. Then the female alighted higher up on the tree and he popped in. After that, I went to look for other nests (see Journal), The obser- vation was concluded at 10:30 A.M. In the afternoon I went to the Crowder Flat Ranger Station where there are some nice aspens. I saw lots of workings but only one s'sucker, a daggetti I returned to Twin Spring at 4:00 P.M. and at 5:00 P.M. went out to nest No. 1 (1st described on previous page) and looked in with mirror and flashlight. I saw no eggs but was not sure that I could see the bottom of the nest. About half-way back to Twin Spring I saw a perfect typical daggetti working (feeding, I believe) in an aspen. It seemed a little nervous, and screamed once before resuming its workings. Then it flew over to a large yellow pine, screamed twice, and then six times. After this it flew off out of sight.