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Elkornation
1955
Journal
June 25 Pose Ranger Station 10:45 A.M. B. corrus adults,
Bora muscoca, Dyla collected. Clear skies, cool, and
very windy. We worked until 5:45 P.M. tagging
27 adult and subadult hoods with C690 lead
pellets. Tag thermograph serviced. Todzola noted
many ponds but no freshly laid eggs at the base
study area. Drive to Leawinny 6:30 P.M. then
N on 395. Looked sugar Walker Canyon over,
checked are postune pond about 3 miles south of
Cal-Nevada border. No orrums. Nighthawks (sp.?)
3-4 seen flying over road. Overnight stop at
Hallbrook Junction.
June 26 Drive south on 395 past Topaz Lake. White pelicans,
Calif. gulls on lake. Took good pond wood (finished last
gyr, according to Hallbrook Jct. forester) past Heaton Lake
to Route 4. Dyla only Heaton Lake, one Thurszaki. Dead adult
Bora corrus collected night at Elbert Pass. Clear dry, sunny.
Highland Lakes road about 2 miles W of Elbert's Pass
(39945.9) Stop about 2 1/2 miles S of jct. Highland Lake
Road ad Route 4. This is place Robert Liversey got B_
corrus this spring range northward. Todzola and me
yending collected one (948.2). Air temp: 17-190 C.,
Clear skies, moderate breeze. No adults out or taken sole
objects.
2:50 P.M.
Next stop (950.1) vast open meadow, buildings,
probably a peak station. Seepage streams and flow through
down low gradient meadow. Todzola token of smaller
size. Probably colder due since more of a bowl effect