ELKadethum 1955 Recording data (2) June 11 get retaliation for our efforts to scare her off during the night. She had been within feet of our sleeping dogs during the night. About 100 feet of tape recorded. Maybe she growled because of a gut ache after her "snack" of flour, bread, deer, peanut butter, marshmallows, coffee cake, canned meat (cans singly ripped open with her teeth and claws), jam, sugar, cereal etc. etc. I hope she got her vice burned after stepping over my jar of formaldehyde! June 13 Finish [Reel No. 3] Deer Springs Valley, 3920 ft. Layton Co., Calif. Recorded 7:15 - 9:00 P.M. intermittently. This is a marshy spring in an isolated valley near the east-central border of the state. Red-wing blackbirds and yellow-headed blackbirds nesting apparently side by side in the sedge of the marsh. Single "chuck" notes or wattle from a red-wing; the harsh trills of the others. The yellow-headed or blackbirds have a border call. The most prominent series of this species were from a single o> perched 5' above the marsh on a fence post. He was apparently putting on a mating display. At least a o> red-wing 4 feet away wasn't intimidated by his antics if they were territorially driven. Texas nightjar (10-12) feeding by 8 P.M. [Reel No. 4] More Deer Springs. There are a few Rufa (brown) spind notes along with a few Scrappings. By 8:30 P.M. there were no more food notes although a single scadebuff tool kept calling from middle of...