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Collector: Grinnell - 1925
Location: Mineral
Date: June 23-24
Page Number: 2494

the direction of the willows where the creek leaves the
meadows. He hadn't been "jumped" - probably been down
for a drink or a bit of lush grass. Mrs. G. & I went
up the hill to a broken lava outcrop not more than
150 yards from the meadow. There, deep among the blocks
of rock, was evidently a Porcupine's den. The characteristic
pellets of excrement were numerous, as also great numbers
of quills, scattered beneath the rocks as if scraped off
by the animals' crowding the narrow place. Or
else, do porcupines molt all their quills at a regular
molt-time along with the rest of their pelage? The
den smelt strongly of porcupine. There is
gopher sign here, but confined strictly to a narrow
belt around the meadow - none out in the floodable
ground, nor up in the exceedingly rocky (lava) hill-slopes.
Possible the lava areas to the west form a natural
hiatus between the ranges of monticola and leucodon (or
navus) in this east-west section.

June 24
Wright Flycatcher's nest found by Rett close to
camp, in open stretch, big yellow pines and firs
all about; little yellow pines near by; but nest itself in
one stem (and its network of twigs) of a very open, low
clump of snow-bush. Rim only 6/0 mm. from ground -
the lowest nest yet. Branch supporting nest, dead; so
that only the dead twiggery within one foot above
gives shade - of an extremely diluted sort. There
are 4 eggs, well incubated (opaque), and unusually