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THE OOLOGIST 



A DAY WITH THE BIRDS 



By good luck we borrowed a "fliv- 

 ver" roadster and the middle of Aug- 

 ust found us far from our regular 

 haunts. 



The evening of our second day out 

 we camped at Redfish Lake, a beauti- 

 ful body of water resting at the foot 

 of one of the high peaks in the Saw- 

 tooth range, almost entirely surround- 

 ed by forest clad mountains. 



Early the next morning, after break- 

 fast of bacon, flapjacks and coffee, we, 

 my two companions and I, took a luncli 

 and decided to climb to the top of tlie 

 peak. 



Skirting around the western side o.' 

 the lake we flushed a flock of Richard- 

 son Grouse that were feefiing on some 

 small berries. 



Here we separated planning. 



I took the ridge of a "hog's back" 

 that bordered the lake and was slowly 

 walking, observing the beauty, when 

 I noticed that a flock of Chickadee:^ 

 were following me and immediately 

 decided to see if I could photograph 

 them. 



I sat down on a log and waited. The 

 little fellows commenced to chatter 

 and chase each other about In this way 

 they acted as decoys for several other 

 birds who came to ascertain the 

 trouble. Among these I noted nut- 

 hatches, a creeper and a Rocky Moun- 

 tain Jay. 



I failed to photograph them so 

 moved off, the birds following as be- 

 fore. 



I climbed to our mark and found no 

 one there, so waited observing the fol- 

 lowing: Rough-legged Hawk, Pink- 

 sided Junco, Cassin, Purple Finch and 

 a pair of flycatchers that i was un- 

 able to identify (prob. traillii). 



My pals came up and after another 

 rest we continued our climb. When 

 almost up to the timber line the Clark 

 Nutcracker made themselves known 



by their harsh ka-r-rs and scoldings. 

 Flying to the top of a pine one would 

 peck and pull at a' cone until it was 

 loose and then it would fly away, fol- 

 lowed by others. 



We finally climbed to a place where 

 further progress was stopped, so I 

 took several photographs and then we 

 began our descent. 



Bird life at this altitude was scarce, 

 due to the absence of vegetation 



We reached camp that night utter- 

 ly exhausted, but glad that we had 

 taken the hike. 



Following is a list of the birds we 

 saw during the day: 

 A. O. U. 



53 California Gull 

 132 Mallard 

 297b Richardson Grouse 

 333 Cooper Hawk 

 347a Rough-legged Hawk 

 364 Osprey 



3736 Rocky Mt. Screech Owl 

 41'^ Red-shafted Flicker 



Flycatcher (sp?) 

 484a Rocky Mountain Jay 

 491 Clark Nutcracker 

 518 Cassin Purple Finch 

 567g Pink-sided Junco 

 GOT Western Tanager 

 656 Audubon Warbler 

 668 Townsend Warbler 

 726b Rocky Mountain Creeper 

 727a' Slender-billed Nuthatch 

 728 Red-breasted Nuthatch. 

 738 Mt. Chickadee 

 749 Ruby-crowned Kinglet 

 756a Willow Thrush 

 761a Western Robin 



N. B. Davis, 

 Rupert, Idalio. 



A NEW BUILDING 



We are in receipt of an invitation 

 reading as follows: 



Mrs. Rowland Gibson Hazard 



requests the honor of your presence 



at the dedication of 



