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Oct 7, 1932 cont [[check mark]] 16x [[underlined]] Brewers Blackbird [[/underlined]] Common [[check mark]] 17x [[underlined]] Red wing Blackbird [[/underlined]] Common in big flocks Minden [[check mark]] 18x [[underlined]] Western Meadowlarks [[/underlined]] 2 [[check mark]] 19x [[underlined]] Mourning Dove [[/underlined]] 5 near Yerrington Oct 8, 1932. Lv. Camp at Walker Lake at 830 AM and travel south to Coaldale where we turned off to Fish Lake Valley of E Raymond Hall farm. We traveled about the valley thru the afternoon & met Jesse Nelson, young Talbot and Mr. Simpson of the F.S.. Supervisor of Inyo N.F.. We camped at 330 on a little stream coming out of a mountain canyon and as we had had no dinner ate immediately and I then walked up the creek a couple of miles returning to camp long after dark Vegetation of Fish Creek valley in hollows scanty greasewood & rabbit brush on slopes Atriplex in several species - [[?]] fat and a little sage. A few good ranches where water is available. Ground vegetation very scanty everywhere in valley. A few Solidago & Lupine along streams the latter stripped of pods which were piled in Kangaroo rat nests entrances. A few Erigeions - Eriogonum inflatum were recognized in sage. Not comparable to spring valley Birds scarce all day. [[check mark in front of each bird number]] [[all bird names underlined]] 1. Loon. One Walker Lake 2. American Merganser 6. Walker Lake 3. Eared grebe C Walker Lake 4. Western grebe C Walker Lake 5. Coot C Walker Lake 6. Ruddy Ducks C Walker Lake 7. Pintail 1 Walker Lake 8. Canada goose 2 big fl. Walker Lake 9. Killdeer 2 Walker 10 California gull
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