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Status: Indexed

Collector: Grinnell-1925
Location: Mineral, 4800 ft.
Date: June 19
Page Number: 2482

7:30 p.m. - Sultry today and thunderstorms around
us but only a sprinkle here. First Pacific Nighthawk
out at 6:45, in flight overheard - earlier than usual,
probably because partly cloudy.

A Chipping Sparrow's nest at camp is (about) 18
feet up near the outer end of a horizontal limb of a
middle-sized sickly yellow pine - about 6 feet out from
bole of tree, pretty well concealed and sheltered by
tufts of needles. On the 13th this nest contained two
fresh eggs. It was discovered that morning early from
my bed, by my seeing the bird spiral down from
much higher in the tree and then go out on the limb
to the nest - a very elusive mode of approach. Even
now, after the bird has begun to sit closely, we
rarely see her. Indeed for a day or two, I
suspected the nest to belong to a warbler, since
my first view of the bird was toward the bright sky
light and disclosed only a smallish form in rapid
motion.

June 20.
A vagrant (?) [male symbol] Black-headed Grosbeak (only the
second I have noted in the vicinity of Mineral) made
himself conspicuous by singing loudly and continuously
around camp before sun-up.

8:00 a.m. - At Hermit Thrushes' nest (see p. 2468). The
young, all four, hatched on the 18th. They already
look huge, but with eyes yet closed. Mrs. G. found
the two segments of an eggshell about fifty feet

Notes and Questions

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nbahet

NOTE: Rather than the symbol I use to denote uncertainty, Grinnell actually writes "(?)" here.

justinramos

Correct.

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