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Collector: Grinnell-1925
Location: Mineral
Date: June 20
Page Number: 2485

whir, an old grouse rose from the ground hardly
ten feet from us and made off without cluck
or whistle, thru the trees out of sight. We then
marched and shortly heard the peeping of chicks,
and the two were seen. They had started to
run away from us, evidently having not been
told to "freeze"! The one youngster caught is much
bigger than the ones found on the 17th; the wings are
well-feathered.

11:30 a.m. - Spent much time searching the meadow for
the object of concern of a pair of Lincoln Sparrow. Finally
flushed a bobtailed youngster of this species from the
grass; it fell in the water, and rapidly flopped across
it into a willow thicket beyond.

3:00 p.m. - Collected a Wright Flycatcher nest and both
parents. Found several days ago by Mrs. G, and since
the set (2/4) was completed on the 17th, Dixon has been
photographing it and the bird; several trials necessary.
Rim just 800 mm. above the ground; nest supported
by stem (and innovating twiglets), one of an ^^{open, low} clump
of chinquapin growing on a southwest-facing gentle
slope. No other chinquapin about this clump; other
brush ceanothus and amelanchier; firs a few yards
away. Nest but slightly sheltered from above by the
leaves of scarcely a foot of chinquapin spray.
Female sitting closely, and when she flew
off close along ground with soft "pit"s, male
flew down from fir to a bush 50 feet off.