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Yosemite Nature Notes 29 (1950)

Born at the Wrong Time of Year? (YNN, April 1950)

• YNN 29(1) (January 1950) [PDF]
  • “Summer visitors afield with a ranger naturalist in Yosemite Valley,” 29(1):2 photo by Ralph Anderson
  • “When Help Came from the Mountains” [Jedediah Smith], 29(1):3 by Charles M. Goethe
  • “Tall Tales of Tiny Mice” [in Mariposa Grove Museum], 29(1):4-5 by Richard G. Beidleman
  • “1949 Christmas Bird Count in Yosemite Valley,” 29(1):5 by Robert N. McIntyre
  • “‘But You’ve Done Yosemite’” [retracing steps and rephotograpying photos from François E. Matthes Geologic History of the Yosemite Valley (1930)], 29(1):6-9 by A. W. and Mary V. Hood
  • “Sequoia Cones and Seeds,” 29(1):9-11 by R. G. Beidleman
  • “The Big Trees,” 29(1):11 poem by Mary D. Westover
• YNN 29(2) (February 1950) [PDF]
  • “Winter, Yosemite Valley,” 29(2):cover photo by Ansel Adams
  • “How Lovely in Snow,” 29(2):12 poem by Elizabeth Godfrey Baker
  • “The Sierra Nevada Bighorn in Yosemite” [history; last seen circa 1904], 29(2):13 by Fred L. Jones
  • “The Friendless Hunter” [mountain weasel], 29(2):14-15 by John F. Nolan
  • “Gibbs Glacier,” 29(2):15-17 by Harry C. James
  • “The Marten in the Woodpile” [pine marten at Glacier Point], 29(2):17-18 by Dorothy R. Mayer
  • “New Locality for Mt. Lyell Salamander” [Glacier Point], 29(2):18-19 by Charles G. Danforth
  • “Hot Honey” [bear eating a yellow jacket nest], 29(2):20 by Duane D. Jacobs
  • “Yosemite Chapel in Old Village” [in winter], 29(2):21 photo by Ansel Adams
• YNN 29(3) (March 1950) [PDF]
  • “North Dome, winter,” 29(3):cover photo by Ansel Adams
  • “Reminiscences of Galen Clark Yosemite Valley 1880,” 29(3):22-25 by Galen Clark
  • “Midget Beetles against Mighty Monarchs” [bark beetle control efforts], 29(3):25-27 by Emil Ernst
  • “What is Happening to the Glaciers of Yosemite?” [survey work], 29(3):27-31 by Robert N. McIntyre
• YNN 29(4) (April 1950) [PDF]
  • “Nevada Fall, rainbow,” 29(4):cover photo by Ansel Adams
  • “Born at the Wrong Time of Year?” [care of a bear cub found in January at Yosemite Museum], 29(4):32-34 by Robert N. McIntyre
  • “A Report of the Annual Meeting of the Yosemite Natural History Association Board—March 1950,” 29(4):34-36 by Donald E. McHenry
  • “The ‘Panda Bear’ of the Squirrel World” [story of a pet flying squirrel, Glaucomys sabrinus lascivus, in Cascade Mountains], 29(4):36-41 by Robert N. McIntyre
• YNN 29(5) (May 1950) [PDF]
  • “Yosemite Fall,” 29(5):cover photo by Ansel Adams
  • “Yosemite,” 29(5):42 poem by Frances H. Topping
  • “Summer Vertebrates of Mariposa Grove,” 29(5):43-50 by Richard G. Beidleman
  • “New Bird Record” [rare sighting of a male yellow-headed blackbird, Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus], 29(5):50 by Harry C. Parker
  • “Big Tree Lodge—Mariposa Grove,” 29(5):51 drawing by Feyling
• YNN 29(6) (June 1950) [PDF]
  • “Yosemite Valley,” 29(6):cover photo by Ansel Adams
  • “The Box Canyon of Tenaya Gorge,” 29(6):52-56 by Enid Michael
  • “Yosemite Honeymoon” [in 1912], 29(6):57-60 by Mae B. Nattkemper
  • “Ahwahnee Meadow and Half Dome,” 29(6):61 photo by Ralph Anderson
• YNN 29(7) (July 1950) [PDF]
  • “Three Brothers,” 29(7):cover photo by Ansel Adams
  • “The C. M. Goethes and Nature Protection” [Charles M. Goethe and wife], 29(7):62-64 by Carl P. Russell
  • “Tuolumne Meadows Wildflowers,” 29(7):64-67 by Carl W. Sharsmith
  • “When Does a Marmot Go to Bed?” [yellow-bellied marmot, Marmota flaviventris, hibernation], 29(7):67 by Mary V. Hood
  • “Sense or Nonsense” [skunks poor sense or sight and hearing], 29(7):68 by Kenneth R. Ashley
  • “The Old Big Oak Flat Road; or, Yosemite’s Famous Control Road,” 29(7):68-71 by Shirley Sargent
• YNN 29(8) (August 1950) [PDF]
  • “El Capitan,” 29(8):cover photo by Ansel Adams
  • “Indian Canyon, Trailway of the past and Future,” 29(8):72-75 by Richard G. Lillard
  • “Poowills near Mather Ranger Station” [poor-will, Phalaenoptilus nuttalli californicus] 29(8):76 by B. C. “Bugs” Cain
  • “Yosemite’s Alpine Gardens—1950,” 29(8):76 by Carl Sharsmith
  • “Notes on the Western Pileated Woodpecker” [Ceophloeus pileatus picinus], 29(8):77 by Walter N. Powell
  • “A King Snake Incident” [Sierra coral king snake, Lampropeltis multicincta multicincta attacked by a California king snake Lampropeltis getulus californiae at Yosemite Museum] 29(8):77-78 by Wayne W. Bryant
  • “1950 Wildlife Census of Yosemite Valley,” 29(8):79-81 by Wayne W. Bryant
• YNN 29(9) (September 1950) [PDF]
  • “Juniper, Upper Merced Canyon,” 29(9):cover photo by Ansel Adams
  • “Roster of the 1950 Yosemite Field School” [includes photo of William L. Neely, 2nd from right, middle row], 29(9):82
  • “The 1950 Field School,” 29(9):82-84 by Phyllis Lytle
  • “Some Unscientific Notes” [some observations of nature], 29(9):84-85 by William L. Neely
  • “Jay Talk” [blue-fronted jay (Steller’s jay), Cyanocitta stelleri frontalis], 29(9):86-88 by Don Wustenberg
  • “Wilderness Woodcutter” [western pileated woodpecker, Ceophloeus pileatus picinus], 29(9):88 by Lloyd D. Moore
  • “New Find of the Fairy Shrimp” [Streptocephalus sealii], 29(9):89 by Claude Flock
  • “Cooking and Camp Routine for Large Groups in the Mountains,” 29(9):90-91 by Sam W. Elkins
• YNN 29(10) (October 1950) [PDF]
  • “Glen Aulin,” 29(10):cover photo by Ansel Adams
  • “John Burroughs and John Muir in Yosemite” [photo taken by author in 1909 Yosemite visit], 29(10):92-94 by Fred P. Clatworthy
  • “Scorpions in the Mariposa Grove,” 29(10):94 by George C. Turner, Jr.
  • “What’s in a Name—‘Cedar’” [California incense-cedar, Libocedrus decurrens and Cedrus of the Mediterranean Sea], 29(10):95-96 by Lee Haines
  • “Nature Notelet” [fish hook and leader passes through fish’s digestive tract], 29(10):96 by Robert Sharp
  • “Pocket Mouse Found in the Park” [Perognathus californicus], 29(10):97 by Orthello L. Wallis
  • “Hay Storage and Tunneling Activities of Belding Ground Squirrels” [Citellus beldingi], 29(10):98-99 by Mary V. Hood
  • “Snow Fleas?” [springtails, Collembola and Podura aquatica], 29(10):99-100 by Carl Sharsmith
  • “Mt. Lyell and the Lyell Glacier,” 29(10):101 photo by Ralph Anderson
• YNN 29(11) (November 1950) [PDF]
  • “Bridalveil Fall,” 29(11):cover photo by Ansel Adams
  • “Mature sugar pines,” 29(11):102 photo by Williard G. Van Name
  • “The White Pine Blister Rust” [Cronartium ribicola], 29(11):102-107 by Thomas H. Harris
  • “Some Notes on Flight” [of birds, bats, flying squirrels], 29(11):107-109 by Allen Waldo
  • “Tracking the Cat Family in Lower Tenaya Canyon” [bobcat, Felis rufa californica, and mountain lion, Felis concolor californica], 29(11):109-111 by C. Dewey Youngblood
  • “Correction” [to article on “Pocket Mouse Found in the Park” by Wallis in previous issue], 29(11):111
• YNN 29(12) (December 1950) [PDF]
  • “The High Sierra from Sentinel Dome,” 29(12):cover photo by Ansel Adams
  • “Hiking Mount Dana,” 29(12):112-115 by Shirley Sargent
  • “Glacier Point in Winter—The Skunks in the Kitchen” [in Mountain House], 29(12):115-116 by Dorothy R. Mayer
  • “A New Bird Record—Raven Observed near Mariposa Grove” [American raven, Corvus corax sinuatus observed], 29(12):117 by Othello L. Wallis
  • “Notes on Bryophytes Seen along Yosemite Trails” [liverworts, Hepaticae, and mosses, Musci], 29(12):118-119 by Sol A. Karlin
  • “Privately Owned Lands within National Parks and Monuments” [particularly Yosemite National Park], 29(12):119-121 by Arthur Nelson

Bibliographical Information

Yosemite Nature Notes 29 (1950) (Yosemite National Park: Yosemite Natural History Association, 1950). 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, May 2007, from a copy at Forsyth Library, Fort Hays State University, Kansas, through interlibrary loan to California State University, San Marcos (CSUSM).
    —Dan Anderson, www.yosemite.ca.us

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