The pines to the east and southeast contain many song birds, vhile in the cliffs 
in the oarao place cliff seallows nest» Floating all through the deep water in 
the lake is little long moss leaves, green, about one quarter inch l0]ig» 
» 
Timber growing near the late: Cottonwood and willow on the shore not 
very .mwh. hed oedar, cherry near lake, yellow pine (east side), blue spruce, 
fir (some high up in canyon heads), quaking asp (very little), pinyon (abundant) 
sunflower. ' • 
- . SlWUAhY OF 3TINKIKG LAKE aH]) ESTUATB OP hliUB. 
Area, when full (lacks at present about three feet, being up to outlet) 
about four square miles, dhore line, about 1£ miles. l)epth, an told, 9 feet 
(deepest). Elevation, 7000 feet. 
Birds (estimated) duly BO, 1918. 
Speoimen 
Bo. 
Hame 
Humber of Birds. 
34 
Eared grebe (2/s nesting) 
1000 
36 
Pied-billed grebe (all nesting) 
60 
56 
Coot (all nesting) 
2000 
44 & 57 
Yellowhead blackbird (old and young) 
1000 
42 
hed-wing (mostly nesting 
100 
Total 4150 
Great blue herons 3 
i. 
41 Black->crowned Bight heron (many vacant nests in willows). 25 
Ducks (1 Judge one pair out of every 50 birds breeding. 
Perhaps all told 160 pair nesting (breeding)). 
total muober of duoks 7500 
Yellowthroats and marsh wrens 200 
Total number of birds 11B76 
In these numbers I include the isolated lake to the northeast of main 
