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EL Kolatum
1955
Journal
June 9 record for the species of some 2000 ft. Weather clear and warm.
Rox and Hydn collected. Black-capped chickadee,
mnt. bluebird, Olive-sided flycatcher (probably) - high in
fir spruce, loud song. Meadow sparrow not suited for toad breeding.
Liked look to Horse Cornell road. Drive back out nearer rough, are love road to Sequoia highway.
Arrived Giant Forest 3 P.M. Drive back road up to Long Meadow, a reservoir over at location of Wolverton Creek. Butter Brown ride here. We bird-geared age about
4 miles to Heather Lake in attempt to three stands break way into high country around Table Meadows, 10,000 ft ±.
Snow drifts along trail above 8000 ft., heavy drift around Heather Lake which was 3/2nds frozen over. It's too early to work this high country. We arrived at high point above Heather Lake and made a hurried camp at 7:45 due to approaching darkness. Then night with minimum temp. of about -2-3° C. (estimate)
June 10 Walked down 8:30 A.M. to Heather Lake but lake frozen.
Cannot seen edge of lake. Tried fishing but difficult to get lure into water through thin glaze of ice.
Fishing party of two in previous day got limit of brook trout in 3 lakes up here. They reported sightly 20"+ brook trout in Heather Lake. Roger Anderson down below at Long Meadow confirmed presence of such monsters. This is really rugged Hudsonian zone country. Whitebark pine dominant but lodgepole, red fir pines up here.
mnt. bluebird abundant. Methode, 3 or 4? Lodgepole ?
Lodge pole chickadee, junco.