CENSUSES OF BIRDS 



31 



YosEMiTE Valley, 4000 feet, Transition Zone, forest, meadow, chaparral and 

 riparian associations; April 29, 1916, 7:10-10:55 a.m. (actual census time 3 hours 

 30 minutes); a bright day with few thin clouds and slight wind; distance covered 

 8 miles, from village to Yosemite Falls Camp, to El Capitan bridge, and return to village. 



Mountain Quail 1 



Eed-shafted Flicker 4 



White-throated Swift 1 



Calliope Hummingbird 1 



Wright (?) Flycatcher 5 



Blue-fronted Jay 10 



California Purple Finch 7 



Sierra Crossbill (?) 2 



Pine Siskin 22 



Western Chipping Sparrow 35 



Sierra Junco 25 



Sacramento Spurred Towhee 6 



Pacific Black-headed Grosbeak 11 



Total: species 26, individuals 294. 



Western Warbling Vireo 33 



Cassin Vireo 29 



Calaveras Warbler 3 



California Yellow Warbler 13 



Audubon Warbler 13 



Hermit Warbler 31 



Golden Pileolated Warbler 1 



Sierra Creeper 7 



Eed-breasted Nuthatch 3 



Short-tailed Mountain Chickadee 2 



Western Golden-crowned Kinglet 3 



Western Ruby-crowned Kinglet 6 



Western Eobin 20 



Crane Flat to Merced Grove Big Trees, 6000-5500 feet, Canadian and Transition 

 zones, coniferous and oak forest, meadow and riparian associations; June 15, 1915, 

 7:30-11:00 a.m.; the day clear and hot; distance traveled about 4 miles, in more or 

 less direct course between the two stations but with many short side trips to examine 

 ' unknowns ' or to study rare species. 



Mountain Quail 4 



Sierra Grouse 1 



Sierra Red-breasted Sapsucker 1 



Red-shafted Flicker 1 



Calliope Hummingbird 3 



Olive-sided Flycatcher 5 



Western Wood Pewee 5 



Hammond (?) Flycatcher 5 



Western Flycatcher 1 



Blue-fronted Jay 3 



California Evening Grosbeak 2 



Pine Siskin 3+ 



Western Chipping Sparrow 10+ 



Sierra Junco 20+ 



Mariposa Fox Sparrow 8 



Green-tailed Towhee 5 



Western Tanager 6 



Total: species 33, individuals 149+. 



Western Warbling Vireo 6 



Cassin Vireo 1 



California Yellow Warbler 8 



Audubon Warbler 3 



Black-throated Gray Warbler 5 



Hermit Warbler 3 



Golden Pileolated Warbler 1 



Western Winter Wren 1 



Sierra Creeper 8 



Red-breasted Nuthatch 4 



Pigmy Nuthatch (?) flock 



Short-tailed Mountain Chickadee 8 



Western Ruby-crowned Kinglet 5+ 



Russet-backed Thrush 1 



Sierra Hermit Thrush 2 



Western Robin lO-i- 



BiG Oak Flat Road below Gentrys, 4500-5700 feet, Transition Zone, golden-oak, 

 talus, yellow-pine, and chaparral associations; December 28, 1914, 9:40 a.m.-1:30 p.m.; 

 the day clear, crackling cold, trees covered with frost, snow on ground ; distance traveled 

 about 4 miles. 



Golden Eagle 2 



Blue-fronted Jay 1 



Sierra Junco 14+ 



Hutton Vireo 2 



Dotted Canon Wren 3 



Total: species 10, individuals 218+. 



Western Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1 



Townsend Solitaire 42+ 



Hermit Thrush (Alaska?) 2 



Northern Varied Thrush 8+ 



Western Bluebird 143-I- 



