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Yosemite Nature Notes 18 (1939)

Lyell Glacier, 1939 (from “Glacier Measuring Number”)

• YNN 18(1) (January 1939) [PDF]
  • “Skiing at Badger Pass,” 18(1):cover photo
  • “Rare Adventure” [Inner chasm of Tenaya Canyon], 18(1):1-3 by Enid Michael
  • “Star Gazing in the Daytime” [planet Venus] 18(1):3 by Harold E. Perry
  • “Nature Notelets” [deer chases coyote], 18(1):3 by Arthur Holmes
  • “Off the Beaten Trail: Fire Fall from Mirror Lake,” 18(1):4-5 by Harold E. Perry
  • “An Eagle’s Nest on Mt. Hoffman” [Golden Eagle, Aquila chrysaetos], 18(1):5-6 by Walter G. Heil
  • “Big Trees in Denmark” [giant Sequoia, Sequoia gigantea], 18(1):6 by Arthur Carthew
  • “A Strange Coincidence” [bird calls], 18(1):7-8 by Charles Michael
  • “The Curious Deer” [doe mule deer], 18(1):8 by Arthur Carthew
  • “Pacific Night Hawks at Sierra Crest,” 18(1):8 by George Osborn Hale
• YNN 18(2) (February 1939) [PDF]
  • snowplows clearing road, 18(2):cover photo
  • “California River Otter in Yosemite National Park,” 18(2):9-10 by Gail Whitney
  • “Hexagonal Biotite Tablets” [crystals in Half Dome quartz monzonite], 18(2):11 by Elmer L. Lucas
  • “The Arctic Three-Toed Woodpecker in the Insect Infested Lodgepole Pines” [Picoides arcticus], 18(2):12-14 by Ernest A. Payne
  • “Birds and Automobiles” 18(2):14-15 by Enid Michael
  • “Squaw Bush vs. Poison Oak” [Rhus triobata vs. Rhus diversiloba], 18(2):15 by George Osborn Hale
  • “Yosemite,” 18(2):16 song by William J. Palmer
• YNN 18(3) (March 1939) [PDF]
  • tree covered in frost, 18(3):cover photo
  • “Observations on Timberline—Tilden Lake Area,” 18(3):17-20 by Russel S. Miller
  • “The Bird Feeding Tray,” 18(3):20-22 by Enid Michael
  • “Vegetation of Hetch Hetchy Region,” 18(3):22 by James Clifford Shirley
  • “Porcupine Subway” [in Wawona Tunnel], 18(3):23 by Lon Garrison
  • “An Unusual Nesting Site of the Sierra Junco,” 18(3):23 by Enid Michael
  • “Collecting Insects without Nets or Lamps” [on snow], 18(3):24 by Carsten Ahrens
  • “Violet-Green Swallow Nest in Wawona Tunnel,” 18(3):24 by Lowell Adams
• YNN 18(4) (April 1939) [PDF]
  • Yosemite Museum, 18(4):cover photo
  • “Hiking in the Rain,” 18(4):25-26 by Harold E. Perry
  • “A Possible Roche Moutonné” [roche moutonnée at Glacier Point], 18(4):26-27 by Elmer L. Lucas
  • “Known Locations of Knobcone Pine in Yosemite” [Pinus attenuata], 18(4):28-29 by Emil Ernst
  • “Siamese Twins in Western Yellow Pine” [Pinus ponderosa], 18(4):29-30 by Emil Ernst
  • “Eyed Elater” [click beetle, eyed elater, ,Alaus melanops], 18(4):30-31 by Darwin Tiemann
  • “Tame Animal Colony at Glacier Point,” 18(4):32 by Arthur Carthew
• YNN 18(5) (May 1939)
  • “The Cone-bearing Trees of Yosemite,” 18(5):33-72 by James E. Cole
• YNN 18(6) (June 1939) “Campground Number” [PDF]
  • campfire, 18(6):cover photo
  • “Camper Activities in Yosemite Valley” [survey results], 18(6):73-80 by Lemuel A. Garrison
  • “Camper Activities in Yosemite Valley” [survey results], 18(6):73-80 by Lemuel A. Garrison [HTML]
  • “Tabuce on Salamanders” [Maggie Howard on Mount Lyell Salamanders],” 18(6):80 by Lowell Adams
• YNN 18(7) (July 1939) [PDF]
  • Big Tree Lodge, Mariposa Grove, 18(7):cover drawing by Feyling
  • “An Olive-Sided Flycatcher Catches a Dragon-Fly,” 18(7):81 by Enid Michael
  • “Tree Ratio at Glacier Point,” 18(7):82-83 by Elmer L. Lucas
  • “Bohemian Waxwings Again Visit Yosemite,” 18(7):83 by James E. Cole
  • “Nature Notelets” [Vernon Lowery reports bear knocks telephone off hook], 18(7):83
  • “Yosemite Animals: Happy Hunting Grounds for Coyote in a Yosemite Meadow,” 18(7):84-85 by Ruth Kales Knowles
  • “Coyotes” [coyote pups], 18(7):85 by Enid Michael
  • “Flowers of Yosemite: Rare Yosemite Flowers” [Cancer Root, Orobanche fasciculata, Steer’s Head, Dicentra uniflora, & Marsh Marigold, Caltha biflora], 18(7):86 by James Clifford Shirley
  • “Bridalveil Rainbows” [Bridalveil Fall], 18(7):87 by Verlin G. Baysinger
  • “The Waterwheel Falls,” 18(7):87-88 by M. D. Bryant
• YNN 18(8) (August 1939) [PDF]
  • Indian woman in front of a bark house, ummucha, 18(8):cover photo
  • “A New Flowering Plant for Yosemite National Park Peppermint Candy Stick (Allotropa virgata T. & G.)," 18(8):89-90 by Enid Michael
  • “A Cultivated Big Tree" [giant Sequoia planted near Aurora, NY dies], 18(8):90 by Lee Haines
  • “Sierra Marmot" [seen at Wawona Tunnel Tree], 18(8):90 by R. Neill
  • “Emeryonic Studies of the Garter Snake" [Thamnophis sirtalis infernalis], 18(8):91 by C. W. Schwartz
  • “Nature Notelet" [Donna Alexander’s easter hen], 18(8):91
  • “Photographing Small Mammals," 18(8):92-93 by C. W. Schwartz
  • “Sierra Chickaree Eats Young Blue-fronted Jays” [Douglas squirrel eats Steller’s jay, Cyanocitta stelleri frontalis], 18(8):93 by Lowell Adams
  • “Flowers of Yosemite: Alpines Bloom Early," 18(8):94-95 by Enid Michael
  • “A Big Surprise" [flowers along new Big Oak Flat Road], 18(8):95 by Enid Michael
  • “The Cowbird in Yosemite" [Molothrus ater obscurus], 18(8):96 by Enid Michael
• YNN 18(9) (September 1939) [PDF]
  • Yosemite Valley, 18(9):cover photo
  • “Duck Hawks in Yosemite Valley" [peregrine falcon, Falco peregrinus anatum], 18(9):97-98 by Lowell Adams
  • “A Struggle for Existence, Snake vs. Fish" [giant garter snake, Thamnophis ordinoides couchii], 18(9):98-99 by C. W. Schwartz
  • “Melospiza Melodia Nesting in Yosemite Valley" [stray song sparrows], 18(9):99 by Enid Michael
  • “Yosemite Animals: a Gray Squirrel Moves its Home" [Sciurus griseus griseus], 18(9):100-101 by Ernest A. Payne
  • “A Stranger" [black woodpecker], 18(9):101 by Enid Michael
  • “A July Bird Walk," 18(9):102-103 by Enid Michael
  • “Caddis-Fly Larvae" [order Trichoptera], 18(9):103-104 by Charles W. Schwartz
• YNN 18(10) (October 1939) [PDF]
  • “Bear Quadruplets at Glacier Point," 18(10):cover photo
  • “California Woodpecker and Young," 18(10):105-107 by Enid Michael
  • “Bear Quadruplets" [at Glacier Point], 18(10):107 by Harry R. During
  • “Yosemite Trees:Trees as Rock Breakers" [Jeffrey pine at Sentinel Dome trailhead near Glacier Point], 18(10):108-109 by Elmer L. Lucas
  • “Drama along the Trails" [coyote, golden-mantled grouns squirrel and grouse on Four Mile Trail], 18(10):109 by Arthur Carthew
  • “Yosemite Bird Songs Recorded" [by Dr. Arthur A. Allen and Charles Brand of Cornell University], 18(10):110-111
  • “Tabuce, Conservationist” [Maggie Howard letting jays take acorns], 18(10):111-112 by Lowell Adams
  • “The Sierra Rosy Finch on Half Dome," 18(10):112 by George A. Petrides
• YNN 18(11) (November 1939) [PDF]
  • “California Ring-tailed Cat," 18(11):cover drawing
  • “Mallards in Yosemite" [Mallard Duck, Anas platyrhynchos], 18(11):113-114 by Julian A. Howard
  • “A Note on a Black-Necked Stilt" [Himantopus mexicanus], 18(11):114-115 by John C. Weaver
  • “The Effect of Rainy Weather on the Food Habit of Some Birds," 18(11):115 by Lowell Adams
  • “Yosemite Animals: a Chickaree Prepares for Winter" [Douglas squirrel], 18(11):116 by Harold E. Perry
  • “Buck Performs ‘Dermatectomy”" [mule deer dislodging velvet from antlers], 18(11):117 by Julian A. Howard
  • “Nature Notelets" [sierra pine marten, Martes cauriana sierrae, and southern sierra marmot, Marmota flaviventer sierrae], 18(11):117 by M. D. Bryant
  • “Glacier Point Impressions" [from visitors], 18(11):118-119 by Harold E. Perry
  • “The Weasel Puts on a Show" [mutual observation], 18(11):119-120 by Enid Michael
  • “Nature Notelets" [California Toad, Bufo boreas; California Ring-Tailed Cat, Bassariscus astutus raptor by Vincent Mowbray], 18(11):120 by C. W. Schwartz
  • “Mountain Lion Seen," 18(11):120 by John W. Bingaman
• YNN 18(12) (December 1939) “Glacier Measuring Number” [PDF]
  • “Lyell Glacier — September 22, 1939,” 18(12):cover photo
  • “Measuring Yosemite Glaciers,” 18(12):121-124 by M. E. Beatty. See also 1935
  • “Fighting Hummbers” [Allen Hummingbird, Selasphorus alleni], 18(12):124 by Enid Michael
  • “Deer Family of Three Fawns,” 18(12):124 by V. G. Baysiner
  • “Notes on the Dana Glacier,” 18(12):125-126 by M. D. Bryant
  • “High Lights in Yosemite Bird Reports for the Summer of 1939,” 18(12):126-127 by Enid Michael
  • “Grouse and Wren-Tit Show Life Zone Overlapping” [sierra grouse, Dendragapus obscurur sierrae, and pallid wren-tit, Chamaea fasciata henshawi], 18(12):127 by Lloyd M. Smith
  • “Nature Notelet” [Valley Quail, Lophortyx californica vallicola], 18(12):127 by Walter G. Heil
  • “Non-Survival of the Fattest” [black swift], 18(12):128 by Lowell Adams

Bibliographical Information

Yosemite Nature Notes 18 (1939) (Yosemite National Park: Yosemite Natural History Association, 1939). 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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