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Yosemite Nature Notes 19 (1940)

Sunnyside Bench (marked by a line of trees above the Museum roof) and Fern Ledge are discussed in the July and October 1940 issues of YNN

• YNN 19(1) (January 1940) [PDF]
  • “Badger Pass Ski Area,” 19(1):cover photo
  • “The Return of the California Gray Squirrel” [Sciurus griseus griseus after an epidemic], 19(1):1-3 by Ernest A. Payne
  • “The Labors of a Cony” [Yosemite cony, Ochotona schisticeps muiri] 19(1):3-4 by Edward Butts
  • “Three Species of Nuthatches Seen Together,” 19(1):4 by C. A. Harwell
  • “Food and Feeding Habits of the Sierra Nevada Rosy Finch” [Leucosticte tephrocotis dawsoni], 19(1):5-6 by Vincent Mowbray
  • “Cedar Waxwings” [Bombycilla cedrorum], 19(1):6 by Lowell Adams
  • “Red Fir at High Elevation” [Abies magnifica], 19(1):6 by Vincent Mowbray
  • “A Recent Development in Fish Planting Practices” [aeration during transportation], 19(1):7-8 by Harold E. Perry
  • “Camera Walks,” 19(1):8 by Charles W. Schwartz
• YNN 19(2) (February 1940) [PDF]
  • Old Horny, Yosemite's Unicorn Buck (1926), 19(2):cover photo by James V. Lloyd
  • “Feeding Activities of the Sierra Chickaree” [Sciurus douglasii albolimbatus], 19(2):9-10 by A. Lee Haines
  • “The Mount Hoffman Aery” [aviary; golden eagle nest at Mt. Hoffmann], 19(2):10 by Verlin G. Baysinger
  • “A Spider’s Meal” [a blue-bottle fly], 19(2):11 by Charles W. Schwartz
  • “An Increase of Brewer Blackbirds in Yosemite Valley,” 19(2):12-13 by Enid Michael
  • “Yosemite Bats,” 19(2):13 by ELizabeth Schwartz
  • “Adaptable Mosses” [Orthotrichum speciousum and other mosses to moisture], 19(2):14 by Julian A. Howard
  • “Mimulus Mephiticus” [monkey flower found along Merced River], 19(2):14-15 by Enid Michael
  • “The Caterpillar Plant” [Phacelia heterophylla], 19(2):15 by Elizabeth Reeder Schwartz
  • “‘Grandpa’” [garbage-fed bear at Glacier Point], 19(2):15-16 by Arthur Carthew
  • “Northern Lights in Yosemite,” 19(2):16 by Harold E. Perry
  • “Western Juniper at Glacier Point” [Juniperus occidentalis], 19(2):16 by Arthur Carthew
• YNN 19(3) (March 1940) [PDF]
  • “Life in a Drop of Water,” 19(3):17-18 by Charles W. Schwartz
  • “Climbing the ‘Hoffmann Thumb’,” 19(3):18-19 by Arthur Carthew
  • “Chipmunk Feeding on White Fir Aphids” [Tahoe chipmunk], 19(3):19-20 by Verlin G. Baysinger
  • “Red-Breasted Nuthatch as a Flycatcher,” 19(3):20 by Enid Michael
  • “Yosemite Trees: Abnormal Leaf Growth on Big-Leaf Maple” [Acer macrophyllum], 19(3):21 by Ernest A. Payne
  • “Yosemite Animals: Mountain Weasel Catches Golden-Mantled Ground Squirrel,” 19(3):22-23 by Verlin G. Baysinger
  • “An Unusual Adventure” [Blue-Fronted Jay” (Steller’s jay) and meadow mouse], 19(3):23 by Harold E. Perry
  • “A Sierra Crossbill Family” [Loxia curvirostra bendirei], 19(3):23-24 by Edward Butts
  • “The Crossbill in Tuolumne Meadows” [Sierra Crossbill, Loxia curvirostra bendirei], 19(3):24 by Lloyd M. Smith
• YNN 19(4) (April 1940) [PDF] Misidentified as May 1940, No. 5 instead of April 1940, No. 4 on title page but not cover.
  • Yosemite Falls from Merced River, 19(4):cover photo
  • “Leaf Mosaic of Some Yosemite Trees and Shrubs,” 19(4):25-26 by Julian A. Howard
  • “Observations on Western Tanagers,” 19(4):26-27 by Hazel B. Adams
  • “Whistling Swans on Lake Eleanor,” 19(4):27 by Gustave M. Eastman
  • “Nature Notelet” [hooded mergansers], 19(4):27
  • “Flowers of Yosemite: the Arnicas of Yosemite National Park,” 19(4):28 by Enid Michael
  • “Pine-Drops” [Pterospora andromedea], 19(4):29-30 by Enid Michael
  • “Yosemite Animals: a Golden-Mantled Ground Squirrel Moves In,” 19(4):30 by Harold E. Perry
  • “A Dead Cony” [Yosemite Cony, Ochotona schisticepes muiri], 19(4):31 by Lloyd M. Smith
  • “Aplodontia on Shepherd’s Crest” [mountain beaver, Aplodontia californica], 19(4):31-32 by George Petrides and James Huss
• YNN 19(5) (May 1940) [PDF]
  • Nevada Falls, 19(5):cover photo
  • “The Marmot in Virginia Canyon” [Southern Sierra marmot, Marmota flaviventer sierrae], 19(5):33-34 by Lloyd M. Smith
  • “Trees of Sentinel Dome” [Sentinel Dome Jeffrey Pine and others], 19(5):34-35 by Art Carthew
  • “An Unusual Sight” [pileated woodpecker hounded by a California woodpecker], 19(5):35 by Enid Michael
  • “Yosemite Animals: Habits of the Mountain Weasel (Mustela arizonensis arizonensis Mearns),” 19(5):36 by M. D. Bryant
  • “California Gray Squirrels Coming Back to Yosemite” [Sciurus griseus griseus], 19(5):37-38 by Enid Michael
  • “A Captured Rattlesnake Regurgitates Food,” 19(5):38 by Verlin G. Baysinger
  • “White-Headed Woodpecker Nesting in Massachusetts Tree Trunk,” 19(5):39-40 by Verlin G. Baysinger
  • “Yosemite Balsam Root Balsamorhiza deltoidea Nutt.,” 19(5):40 by Enid Michael
• YNN 19(6) (June 1940) [PDF]
  • “Snow Plant, Sarcodes sanguinea,” 19(6):cover drawing by Mary V. Hood
  • “The Ranger-Naturalist and Peter Bell” [commentary on a poem by William Wordsworth and teaching natural history], 19(6):41-43 by Ernest A. Payne
  • “Tracks” [left by animals], 19(6):43 by Enid Michael
  • “Nature Notelet” [Gustave M. Eastman saw Pacific Loon and Ruddy Duck on Lake Eleanor], 19(6):43
  • “Book Notes: the Yosemite Museum Nature Library,” 19(6):44-45 by Dorothy Simmons
  • “The Western Meadowlark in Yosemite Valley,” 19(6):45 by Vincent Mowbray
  • “Museum Notes: Records of Ducks and Geese in Yosemite Valley” [during 1914-1940], 19(6):46-47 by Vincent Mowbray
  • “A New Fern for Yosemite” [Polystichum scopolinum], 19(6):48 by Edward C. Butts
  • “Is California Weather Getting Warmer?,” 19(6):48 by Emil Ernst
• YNN 19(7) (July 1940) [PDF]
  • “Camping Scene in Yosemite Valley,” 19(7):cover photo
  • “New Plant Discoveries Made by the 1939 Field School,” 19(7):49-50 by Carl Sharsmith
  • “Golden-Mantled Ground Squirrel—a Late Riser,” 19(7):50 by Enid Michael
  • “Off the Beaten Trail: Mt. Conness Glacier,” 19(7):51-52 by Lloyd Parratt
  • “Sunnyside Bench,” 19(7):52-53 by Verlin G. Baysinger
  • “A Note on the Yellow-Legged Frog,” 19(7):53 by James P. Huss
  • “What! a Clark Nutcracker in Yosemite Valley?,” 19(7):54 by M. H. Carothers
  • “White-Headed Woodpecker Nest,” 19(7):54-55 by Enid Michael
  • “Nature Notelets” [California Gull, Larus californicus], 19(7):55 by Vincent Mowbray
  • “Summary of Areas Administered by National Park Service as of April 15, 1940” [table], 19(7):56
  • “White Pelicans above Glacier Point” [pelecanus erythrorhyuchos], 19(7):56 by C. A. Harwell
  • “Yosemite” [poem], 19(7):56 by G. T. Seater
• YNN 19(8) (August 1940) [PDF]
  • “Jeffrey Pine on Sentinel Dome,” 19(8):cover photo
  • “The Arctic Three-Toed Woodpecker on the Glacier Point Road,” 19(8):57-59 by Charles Michael
  • “Another New Bird for Yosemite” [Short-eared Owl, Asio Wilsonianus], 19(8):59 by Vincent Mowbray
  • “Notes on the Wren-Tit in Tenaya Canyon,” 19(8):59 by Vincent Mowbray
  • “Feeding Habits of the Sierra Crosbill” [Loxia curvirostra bendirei], 19(8):60-61 by M. D. Bryant
  • “Northern Brown Towhee” [Pipilo crissalis carolae], 19(8):61-62 by Enid Michael
  • “Pine Grosbeaks Feed on Mistletoe,” 19(8):62 by Betty Hone
  • “Photographing the Washington Lily” [Lilium washingtonianum], 19(8):63 by Arthur Carthew
  • “Nature Notelets [bush-tits; white fir growing under a rock], 19(8):63 by Vincent Mowbray
  • “An Experience with the Sierra Grouse,” 19(8):64 by George A. Petrides
  • “New Home for Ants” [pay telephone coin box], 19(8):64 by Richmond Hodges
• YNN 19(9) (September 1940) [PDF]
  • “Big Tree Lodge—Mariposa Grove,” 19(9):cover drawing by Feyling
  • “Centenary of the Glacial Theory” [of Louis Agassiz], 19(9):65-66 by Carl Sharsmith
  • “Biledo Meadow Flower Garden,” 19(9):66-68 by Arthur Carthew
  • “The Voyage of a Dry-Land Submarine” [swimming Yosemite mole, Scapanus latimanus], 19(9):68 by A. Lee Haines
  • “Fawn Observed above Timberline,” 19(9):69 by George A. Petrides
  • “Observations on a Pair of Fawns,” 19(9):69-70 by Vincent Mowbray
  • “Sierra Marmot,” 19(9):70 by Russel L. Lewis
  • “Mountain Lion in Yosemite Valley,” 19(9):71 by Robert Fitzgerald
  • “My Friend the Mariposa Chipmunk,” 19(9):71-72 by Charles W. Michael
  • “Ground Squirrel Kills Chipmunk” [California ground squirrel], 19(9):72 by Russell S. Miller
• YNN 19(10) (October 1940) [PDF]
  • “Yosemite Museum and Upper Yosemite Fall” [and Sunnyside Bench], 19(10):cover photo
  • “Good-Bye to Park Naturalist Harwell” [Charles A. “Bert” Harwell], 19(10):73-75 by M. E. Beatty
  • “Sunnyside Bench and Fern Ledge,” 19(10):75-76 by Walter D. Staaf and Hugh J. Hamilton
  • “Flowers of Yosemite: Peregoy Meadows,” 19(10):77-78 by Enid Michael
  • “View of Mt. Lyell from Tioga Road,” 19(10):78 by Carl Sharsmith
  • “Notes from the Hetch Hetchy Region,” 19(10):79-80 by Vincent Mowbray
  • “Arctic Three-Toed Woodpecker,” 19(10):80 by Enid Michael
• YNN 19(11) (November 1940) [PDF]
  • El Capitan, 19(11):cover photo
  • “Jim Cole Transferred to Joshua Tree National Monument” [James E. Cole], 19(11):81-83 by M. E. Beatty
  • “A New Snake and Two Frogs for Yosemite National Park” [Spotted Night Snake, Hypsiglena ochrorhynchus, and California red-legged frog, Rana aurora draytonii, and California yellow-legged frog, Rana boylii boylii], 19(11):83-85 by Charles H. Martin
  • “Nature Notelet” [western meadowlark, Sturnella neglecta], 19(11):85 by George A. Petrides
  • “Pygmy Owl—a Lovable Killer,” 19(11):86-87 by Enid Michael
  • “California Pygmy Owl at Merced Lake,” 19(11):87 by Walter G. Heil
  • “Lodgepole Pine Takes over the Old Tioga Road” [in Tuolumne Meadows vicinity], 19(11):88 by Carl Sharsmith
  • “Blue Flax on Mount Dana” [Linum lewisii], 19(11):88 by C. A. Harwell
• YNN 19(12) (December 1940) [PDF]
  • “Dana Glacier,” 19(12):cover photo
  • “The Ice Cave of Dana Glacier,” 19(12):89-90 by Carl Sharsmith
  • “Life Cycle of Toads in Yosemite Valley” [Pacific tree-toad, Hyla regilla, and California toad, Bufo boreas halophihis], 19(12):90-92 by Charles H. Martin
  • “Nature Notelets” [rubber boa], 19(12):92
  • “A New Rodent for Yosemite National Park” [Gilbert white-footed mouse, Peromyscus truei gilberti], 19(12):93 by Vincent Mowbray
  • “The Dotted Canyon Wren Comes Back,” 19(12):94 by Enid Michael
  • “Cassin’s Vireo Feeds Cowbird” [dwarf cowbird], 19(12):94 by C. A. Harwell
  • “Firefall from Half Dome,” 19(12):95-96 by Russell L. Lewis
  • “White-Flowered Red Heather” [Bryanthus breweri], 19(12):96 by Carl Sharsmith
  • “Nature Notelet” [golden long-eared bat, Myotis evotis chrysonotus], 19(12):96 by George A. Petrides

Bibliographical Information

Yosemite Nature Notes 19 (1940) (Yosemite National Park: Yosemite Natural History Association, 1940). 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, July 2007, from a copy at Young Research Library (UCLA).
    —Dan Anderson, www.yosemite.ca.us

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