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Yosemite Nature Notes 16 (1937)

Robin nestlings (from “Diary of a Robin Family”)

• YNN 16(1) (January 1937) [PDF]
  • “Single-Leaf Pine above Hetch Hetchy,” 16(1):cover photo
  • “Single-leaf Pine in Yosemite” [Piñon Pine Pinus monophylia use in Hetch Hetchy by Paiute Indians], 16(1):1-3 by C. A. Harwell
  • “Seasonal Notes” [park travel, valley temperatures, winter sports], 16(1):3
  • “The Junco’s Ruse,” 16(1):4 by Enid Michael
  • “Wawona Pot Holes” [eroded granite near Big Creek], 16(1):5-6 by Lloyd Smith
  • “An Indian Village Site near the Mariposa Grove,” 16(1):6 by Robert L. Johnston
  • “Slender-Waisted” [Slender-Waisted Wasp, Sphex nigricans], 16(1):7-8 by Lloyd Smith
  • “A Tick found on a Lizard” [Blue-Bellied Lizard, Scoloperus occidentalis], 16(1):8 by Granville P. Ashcraft
  • “Wanted: Back Numbers of Yosemite Nature Notes,” 16(1):8
• YNN 16(2) (February 1937) [PDF]
  • “Arctic Three-Towed Woodpeckers,” 16(2):cover photo
  • “Woodpeckers,” x;9-10 by Charles W. Michael
  • “Mystery” [signal note used by birds], 16(2):14 by Enid Michael
  • “Word Sketches of Yosemite,” 16(2):15-16 by Harold E. Perry
  • “Ground Squirrel Swims River” [California Ground Squirrel, Citelllus beecheyi observed by F. E. Matthes], 16(2):16 by C. A. Harwell
  • “The Unusual in Yosemite” [Dear eating tinfoil icicles and a begging bear], 16(2):16
• YNN 16(3) (March 1937) [PDF]
  • Half Dome in Winter, 16(3):cover photo
  • “Denizens of the Rotten Log,” 16(3):17-18 by Louise M. Ewan
  • “New Rodent Recorded in Yosemite” [long-tailed harvest mouse, Reithrodontomys megalotis longicaudus], 16(3):19 by Ralph Goldman
  • “Coyote Appetites,” 16(3):19 by Lon Garrison
  • “The Superintendent’s Page” [Potential Energies; Typemap Nears Completion; Exotic Animal Control; A House Guest [chickaree]; A Natural Check [winter kill of insect larvae]; Snow Survey Results; How Cold is Granite; A Challenge], 16(3):20-21 by C. G. Thomson
  • “Seasonal Notes” [January park dravel & temperatures], 16(3):21
  • “Canvas-back, New Duck for Yosemite” [Canvas-back Duck, Nyroca valisineria], 16(3):22-23 by Walter and Kathleen Fitzpatrick
  • “New Bird Record” [Western Gull, Larus occidentalis at Fletcher Lake], 16(3):23 by George Zentmyer
  • “Cooper Hawk Nesting in Yosemite” [Accipiter cooperi], 16(3):23 by C. A. Harwell
  • “Flicker Feather Headband” [brought in from Coarse Gold by Chris Brown (Chief Lemee)], 16(3):24 by C. A> Harwell
  • “The Unusual in Yosemite” [Sequoia bark holes caused by borers], 16(3):24 by Lon Garrison
• YNN 16(4) (April 1937) [PDF]
  • Yosemite Valley from inside Mariposa Tunnel, 16(4):cover photo
  • “Mountain Lion Foiled,” 16(4):25-27 by Hamilton MacCaughey
  • “Crystals” [rock crystals above Nevada Falls], 16(4):27 by Robert Johnston
  • “Our Changing Bears” [changing habits and management], 16(4):28-30 by C. A. Harwell
  • “Upside down Tree” [sugar pine in Mariposa Grove], 16(4):30 by Robert Johnston
  • “An Unwelcome Poacher” [weasel poaching chipmunks], 16(4):31-32 by Elmer L. Lucas
  • “Observations on a Sharp-Shinned Hawk,” 16(4):32 by Walter G. Heil
• YNN 16(5) (May 1937) [PDF]
  • “Nevada Fall,” 16(5):cover photo
  • “Some Waterfall Phenomena” [cause of loud pounding noise, shaking ground, waterfall rainbows, and waterwheels], 16(5):33-35 by Paul W. Nesbit
  • “Gnats Entombed in Snow” [blood sucket gnat, genus Culicoides], 16(5):35 by Lon Garrison
  • “In Memorium: Charles Goff Thomson 1883 - 1937,” 16(5):36
  • “His Contribution to the National Parks” [Col. Charles G. Thomson], 16(5):37-38 by Frank A. Kittredge
  • “Ecology of the Wawona Road,” 16(5):38-39 by Charles G. Thomson
  • “Comparison of Vernal and Nevada Falls,” 16(5):39 by Robert Johnston
  • “Flycatcher Training” [Least Flycatcher], 16(5):40 by M. D. Bryant
  • “Wild Dog” [running with coyotes], 16(5):40 by Lon Garrison
• YNN 16(6) (June 1937) [PDF]
  • “Yosemite Junior Nature School,” 16(6):cover photo
  • “Yosemite Junior Nature School Notes,” 16(6):41-42 by Walter G. Heil
  • “Common Foods of the Early Yosemite Indians,” 16(6):42-43 by Dorothy Gallison
  • “Jiggs, the Pest” [fawn], 16(6):43-44 by Paul Majouran
  • “Yosemite Rainbows,” 16(6):45 by Helen K. Sharsmith
  • “A Meeting with a Rosy Finch Family,” 16(6):46-47 by Carl Sharsmith
  • “This Age of Progress' [development of fur-lined trout for winter fishing], 16(6):47
  • “Lightning Scared Trees,” 16(6):48 by Robert Johnson
  • “Manzanita Blight” [catepillar-infested green manzanita, Arctostaphylos patula], 16(6):48 by Lon Garrison
• YNN 16(7) (July 1937) [PDF]
  • “Seven Day Hike,” 16(7):cover photo
  • “The Unglaciated Slopes above Timberline,” 16(7):49-52 by Wallace M. Cady
  • “Chris Jorgensen Collection” [Jorgensen estate donation], 16(7):52
  • “Snow Remains Late in Valley,” 16(7):52
  • “Story of a Hunk of Sour Dough” [Mrs. Ida Ela Lambert remembers James Lamon from late 1860s], 16(7):53 by C. A. Harwell
  • “A Renegade Sparrow Hawk” [taking blackbird nestling], 16(7):54 by Ernest A. Payne
  • “Ranger Reyman Reports” [deer using defrosted area along laundry steam pipe; wildcat], 16(7):54
  • “New Type Dime Bank” [118 dimes found in Streator Wood Rat nest, Neotoma fuscipes streatori], 16(7):55 by John Bingaman
  • “Stuffing for Squirrels Nests” [outer Sequoia bark], 16(7):55-56 by Lon Garrison
  • “Arboreal Crotalus” [tree-climbing rattlesnake near Bubbs Creek, King’s River country], 16(7):56 by Lon Garrison
  • “Singing Portal” [echo from singing into a telephone], 16(7):56 by Lon Garrison
• YNN 16(8) (August 1937) [PDF]
  • “Auto Caravan,” 16(8):cover photo
  • “From beyond the Rim of Yosemite Valley an Appreciation” [song and Nature School experiences], 16(8):57-58 by Carsten Ahrens
  • “The Discovery of the Tuolumne Grove of Big Trees” [discovery by Dr. J. L. Cogswell and friends on May 10, 1858], 16(8):60-63 by John A. Hussey
  • “A Correction” [additional note for “A Meeting with a Rosy Finch Family” (June 1937) article], 16(8):63 by Carl W. Sharsmith
  • “The White Heart” [Dicentra pauciflora], 16(8):63-64 by Enid Michael
  • “How Fast Can a Quail Fly?” [mountain quail], 16(8):64
• YNN 16(9) (September 1937) [PDF]
  • “Interesting Notes from the Whitney Guide Book” [The Yosemite Guide-Book (1870) by Josiah D. Whitney, Jr.], 16(9):65-68 by Elizabeth Foote
  • “Fish Planting — an Adventure” [at Chowchilla Creek], 16(9):68-70 by Harold E. Perry
  • “Water Ouzels at Home,” 16(9):71-72 by M. D. Bryant
  • “Western Meadowlark on Half Dome,” 16(9):72 by F. Wallace Taber
• YNN 16(10) (October 1937) “Children’s Number” [PDF]
  • Robin with nestlings, 16(10):cover photo
  • “Diary of a Robin Family,” 16(10):73-78 by Elizabeth H. Godfrey
  • “Bears Vocabulary,” 16(10):78-79 by Lon Garrison
  • “Destinctive Behavior of Many Yosemite Birds,” 16(10):79-80
• YNN 16(11) (November 1937) [PDF]
  • “El Capitan from Tunnel View,” 16(11):cover photo
  • “The Story of Campgrounds in Yosemite Valley” [Camps 1-19], 16(11):81-84 by Gabriel Sovulewski
  • “Age of the Fir Trees at Glacier Point,” 16(11):85-86 by Elmer L. Lucas
  • “Phoney Distribution” [Douglas Fir and Juniper tree outside their range], 16(11):86 by Lon Garrison
  • “American Magpie, New Record” [Pica pica hudsonia], 16(11):86 by M. E. Beatty
  • “A New Food of the Sierra Chickaree” [Sciurus douglassii albolimbatus eatig Willow, Salix lasiandra lancifolia], 16(11):87 by Walter G. Heil
  • “Bears Feeding on Honeydew” [from scale insect, Xyloccocculus macrocarpae], 16(11):87 by C. A. Harwell
  • “Another Enemy to Fish” [dragon fly, Odonata genus eating fingerling], 16(11):88 by Lon Garrison
  • “Yosemite Travel for Year,” 16(11):88
• YNN 16(12) (December 1937) [PDF]
  • “Skiing in Yosemite — December until May,” 16(12):cover photo
  • “A Toast to the Field School” [of 1937 on the importance of a cirriculum for human betterment], 16(12):89-90 by Mrs. H. J. Taylor [Rose Taylor]
  • “The Second Annabel: the Story of a Female Western Tanager,” 16(12):91-93 by M. D. Bryant
  • “Nesting of the Western Goshawk in Yosemite National Park,” 16(12):93 by Howard Twining
  • “Flowers of Yosemite: the Lewisias of Yosemite” [bitter root, Lewisia sp.], 16(12):94-95 by Enid Michael
  • “Jays as Battering-Rams” [blue-fronted jay (Steller’s jay), Cyanocitta stelleri frontalis] 16(12):95-96 by M. E. Beatty
  • “Nature’s Balance,” 16(12):96 by Lowell Adams

Bibliographical Information

Yosemite Nature Notes 16 (1937) (Yosemite National Park: Yosemite Natural History Association, 1937). 24 cm. Ill. LCCN 54040211. Library of Congress call number QH1.Y6. U. S. Government Document Call Number: I 29.119

Digitized by Dan Anderson, June 2007, from a copy at Young Research Library (UCLA).
    —Dan Anderson, www.yosemite.ca.us

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