Howell, T.R. 1949 176 S.v. daggetti Crowder Flat, 5200ft, 38mi. NNW of Alturas, Modoc Co., Calif. July 3 (cont'd.) - 10:20 - juv. dzn at f. asp at #6; flies to a pine close by at my approach. I go to photograph site #8. 10:45- back at #6; a young d. still in nest, cheeping occasionally; dzn around nest area, screaming; a juv. d. at feeding asp, sitting quietly. At 10:30, at nest #8, a d slightly > n began screaming from cesps 15 yds away. Both parents at #8 are already collected; this could be d. from #1, 350 yds N. 10:52-#6, d, E, I, f. asp, squwk, no sound or reaction from juv. d. there. d. to E without feeding or picking up anything. 11:05- yelps from E. 11:07- A juv. d. in nest screams; now screams at young and yelps of parents to W.: I think juv. d. at f. asp also gives a few screams. 11:12- juv. dzn from E to big pine by nest, hitches up. D. from N, soft squwk, feeds it, hitches up a few feet, juv. dzn follows. Now d. off to N. Now a sqps. to over my head, screams. 11:15- screams + yelps from SW. Dzn to E from W, to nest, I, to big pine, screams, to f. asp, does not attend the juv. d. there, to E. 11:19 - d. to asp 10yds sw of nest, screams, to nest, I, to a pine, screams, to s, screams, tattoos once. 11:28 juv.d. at f. asp, preens, stretches each wing, flies to pine 10 yds E of f. asp, hitches up above 20 ft. 11:29- from W, sounds of juv. being attended. 11:43-dzn, E, I, asp 10yds W. 11:45 -d. to E; sound of young attended; juv. dzn from E to Pygmy Nuthatch nest 10yds W. of #6; Nuthatches very disturbed, chase juv dzn off to E. I leave. Just as I go, 12:49, d. to nest, I, f. asp, picks, to SW. Between #6 and #8, I scared a juv. dzn from a clomp of asps. It flew to a big pine, alighted rather shakily, and started to hitch up. An adult which