. The birds of California : a complete, scientific and popular account of the 580 species and subspecies of birds found in the state. Birds; Birds. The Oregon Juncoes locality betrays them into a belief that they are high enough for happi- ness. So we have chance nestings at Stanford University1 or But the bulk of the species ascends until the upper Transition levels of the higher mountains are reached. A pause is made here for nesting, while the hardier individuals push on for the higher levels. Not im- possibly, nesting is conducted at two levels by the same pair of birds, 6000-80
. The birds of California : a complete, scientific and popular account of the 580 species and subspecies of birds found in the state. Birds; Birds. The Oregon Juncoes locality betrays them into a belief that they are high enough for happi- ness. So we have chance nestings at Stanford University1 or But the bulk of the species ascends until the upper Transition levels of the higher mountains are reached. A pause is made here for nesting, while the hardier individuals push on for the higher levels. Not im- possibly, nesting is conducted at two levels by the same pair of birds, 6000-8000 in May, 8000-11000 in June or July. And when the last brood of babies is raised, the whole family goes climbing in good earnest. It is a heartening sight to one sitting on the crest of a radiating ridge, as at timberline on Shasta, to see the happy Juncoes go trouping by, brood after brood, for forage on the upper levels, or wherever the least green thing will grow. Juncoes are rigeopathic, or cold-loving, by the same token that they are photophobic. I had a curious illustration of this in an experi- ment conducted at the Simpson Meadows on the Middle Fork of the King's River (alt. 6500). A nest had been found in an unusually exposed situation; viz., on the level ground with only the protection of scattered ' W. K. Fisher, Condor, Vol. VI., 1904, p. 108. 2 Joseph Mailliard. Condor, Vol. X., 1908, p. Taken in Inyo County Photo by the Author NESTING SITE OF SIERRA JUNCO, NEAR "BUGHUNTERS' CAMP" (Alt. 10,000). ?PJ. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Dawson, William Leon, 1873-1928; Dickey, Donald R. (Donald Ryder), 1887-1932; Pierce, Wright M; Finley, William L. (William Lovell), 1876-1953; Brooks, Allan, 1869-1946. San Diego ; Los Angeles ; San Francisco : South Moulton Company
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