Spring Notes from Mount Pinos, Kern County, California
Spring Notes from Mount Pinos, Kern County, California
Having noted the scarcity of published definite dates of arrival or departure of some common southern Californian birds, the writer submits the following from the Kern County side of Mount Pinos.
Ixoreus naevius meruloides. Northern Varied Thrush. Common through March and early April from 6000 to 7000 feet altitude. Five or six birds seen (one collected) by Ora A. Willett April 15.
Passerella iliaca stephensi. Stephens Fox Sparrow. Fairly common in ceanothus patches at about 7000 feet altitude by April 8. Specimens collected April 14.
Psaltriparus minimus minimus. Coast Bush-tit. Adult male collected by Ora A. Willett on brushy mountain side, at 7000 feet altitude April 15, 1934. An unusually high altitude for spring.
G. Willett
Los Angeles Museum, Los Angeles, Califomia, April 27, 1934
