Field notes, v1377
Page 361
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R.E. Johnson 1967 Journal 24 June 11 Mt Shasta, Siskiyou Co., California (cont.) canyon and land on the rock & sing loudly (all chirps, no oinks) for at least 5 minutes & then fly east. I, therefore, stationed myself near the rock. A bird flew over going east after I'd been watching 35 min. Shortly a bird appeared from the east & I collected it, as noted above, at 3:15 PM. Beneath this rock on the ground were a large number of feathers of a fairly large bird. Either the bird was carried there by a predator or lived here because the number of feathers (50±) were too many to have arrived in one place by wind action. The feathers were collected since so few species seen to occur here. white dark brown downy 2 inches 4 1/2 inches white dark brown with tan color on this side & greenish reflection tan dark brown feather with numerous tan markings. 3 1/2 inches tan at 3:40 PM a Rosy Finch appeared on a rock below to the SE on the lip of Mud Creek Canyon. It chirped