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Yosemite Nature Notes 31 (1952)

Yosemite Valley, December 11, 1937, at crest of flood

• YNN 31(1) (January 1952) [PDF]
  • “Snow Hummocks at Valley View, Yosemite,” 31(1):cover photo by Ansel Adams
  • “Ansel Adams Presents New Cover” [now furnishing photos for YNN], 31(1):2-3 by Donald E. McHenry
  • “A Sucker’s Feeding Pattern” [Sacramento sucker, Catostomus occidentalis], 31(1):4 by Allen W. Waldo
  • “The Spotted Sandpiper” [spoted sandpiper Actitis macularia], 31(1):5-6 by William L. Neely
  • “Once upon a Time” [first trip to Yosemite Valley circa 1895 by the future first woman Ranger in Yosemite National Park], 31(1):6-10 by Clare H. Wolfsen
  • “1951 Christmas Bird Count in Yosemite Valley,” 31(1):11 by Walter J. and Erma Fitzpatrick
• YNN 31(2) (February 1952) [PDF]
  • “Oak Tree and Cliffs of Cathedral Rocks,” 31(2):cover photo by Ansel Adams
  • “The 1951 Glacier Survey” [Lyell, Maclure, Dana, Coness glaciers and Northwest Maclure and North Peak glacerettes], 31(2):12-15 by Harry C. Parker
  • “Mrs. Elizabeth Meyer Passes” [of Big Meadow; 1866-1952] 31(2):15-16 by Ralph H. Anderson
  • “Avalanche—a Thrill and a Hazard” [snow avalanches in Yosemite Valley], 31(2):17-21 by Wayne W. Bryant
• YNN 31(3) (March 1952) [PDF]
  • “Winter Forest Detail,” 31(3):cover photo by Ansel Adams
  • “The Floods of Yosemite Valley” [1862, 1864, 1867, 1871, 1890, 1907, 1937 and 1950 floods], 31(3):22-29 by Emil Ernst
  • “Chalky” [a blue-fronted jay (Steller’s jay), Cyanocitta stelleri frontalis, from a girl’s point-of-view], 31(3):30 by Ginnie Ann Sturm
  • “A Statement to our Subscribers” [subscription price increase], 31(3):31
• YNN 31(4) (April 1952) [PDF]
  • “Mirror Lake and Mount Watkins, Morning,” 31(4):cover photo by Ansel Adams
  • “Rain at Lyell Base Camp,” 31(4):40-41 by Joseph E. Wright
  • “Book Review” [The Dusky-Footed Wood Rat by Linsdale & Tevis], 31(4):41 by Harry C. Parker
  • “The ‘First’ Yosemite Rangers” [civilian rangers replace U.S. Calvary in 1914], 31(4):33-39 by Alan Sproul
• YNN 31(5) (May 1952) [PDF]
  • “Vernal Fall, Yosemite Valley,” 31(5):cover photo by Ansel Adams
  • “The Timberline Gardens of Mount Dana,” 31(5):42-45 by Carl Sharsmith
  • “The Golden/Rainbow Hybrid Trout of Yosemite National Park,” 31(5):46 by Orthello L. Wallis
  • “Bluegill Reported from Lukens Lake” [Lepomis macrochirus], 31(5):47 by Orthello L. Wallis
  • “A Better Bear” [wild bear eating natural food], 31(5):47-48 by Allen W. Waldo
  • “Alps” [alpine meadows of Yosemite National Park], 31(5):48-50 by Joseph E. Wright
  • “An Observation of the Yosemite Fall Ice Cone,” 31(5):50 by Sterling S. Cramer
  • “John M. Miller, 1882-1952” [bark beetle expert], 31(5):51 by Emil Ernst
• YNN 31(6) (June 1952)
  • “Mammals of Yosemite National Park,” 31(6):51-105 by Harry C. Parker
• YNN 31(7) (July 1952) [PDF]
  • “Yosemite Falls from near Base of Lower Fall,” 31(7):cover photo by Ansel Adams
  • “Death of Joseph S. Dixon” [Museum of Vertebrate Zoology staff member and Ranger Naturalist], 31(7):106-108 by Carl P. Russell
  • “Parker and Hubbard Change Positions” [Harry C. Parker and Douglass H. Hubbard], 31(7):108-109 by Donald E. McHenry
  • “The 7,000-Year Mistake” [Yosemite Indian archeological sites: flaked points newer than thought], 31(7):110-115 by Peter M. McLellan
• YNN 31(8) (August 1952) [PDF]
  • “Tenaya Lake,” 31(8):cover photo by Ansel Adams
  • “Roster of the 1952 Yosemite Field School,” 31(8):116
  • “An Era Gone” [feeding wild animals], 31(8):117-118 by Raymond W. Kleinknecht
  • “The Fall of a Famous Tree” [yellow pine near Swinging Bridge and Bridgeport Tom (Paiute)], 31(8):118-119 by Woodrow W. Smith
  • “Lets Get down to Fundamentals—the Soil,” 31(8):120-122 by Donald E. Hoffmaster
  • “A Badger Secures His Meal” [California badger, Taxidea taxus neglecta], 31(8):122-123 by David C. Ochsner
  • “Rediscovery of the Leidig Well” [in lower village], 31(8):123-124
  • “Fishing Experiences of the 1952 Field School,” 31(8):124-125 by Richard R. Jackson
• YNN 31(9) (September 1952) [PDF]
  • “Ponderosa Pines,” 31(9):cover photo by Ansel Adams
  • “Lyell Fork of the Tuolumne River,” 31(9):126 photo by Ansel Adams
  • “History and Present Status of Golden Trout in Yosemite National Park” [Salmo aguabonita], 31(9):126-130 by Duane D. Jacobs
  • “Some Observations on Showy Flowers and Deciduous Plant Reproduction in Yosemite Valley” [decline from over-grazing by animals], 31(9):130-131 by Emil F. Ernst
  • “Balls of Fire” [lightning-killed pigeon], 31(9):132 by Douglass H. Hubbard
  • “A Sampling of the Algal Flora of Yosemite,” 31(9):133-135 by Sol A. Karlin
• YNN 31(10) (October 1952)
  • “The Devil Postpile National Monument,” 31(10):136-149 (October 1952) by Richard J. Hartesveldt
• YNN 31(11) (November 1952) [PDF]
  • “Meadow pool near the rim of Yosemite Valley,” 31(11):cover photo by Ansel Adams
  • “Sierra Juniper,” 31(11):150 photo by Ansel Adams
  • “Juniper Trees” [and goldfinches], 31(11):150-153 by Loye H. Miller
  • “A Lizard Tale” [blue-bellied lizzard, Sceloporus occidentalis, self-detaching tail], 31(11):153 by Richard J. Hartesveldt
  • “Russell Relinquishes Superintendency to Preston” [Carl P. Russell and John C. Preston], 31(11):154-155 by Donald E. McHenry
  • “The Night Life of a Young Flying Squirrel” [Glaucomys sabrinus lascivus], 31(11):156-157 by Allen W. Waldo
  • “A Stamp Collector’s Delight” [Vernal Fall instead of Pagsanjan Falls shown on Phillipine Islands stamp by mistake], 31(11):157-158
  • “Experiment with Obsidian” [turns to pumice in fire; value of curiosity], 31(11):158-159 by William L. Neely
• YNN 31(12) (December 1952) [PDF]
  • “Winter Forest Study,” 31(12):cover photo by Ansel Adams
  • “Stagecoaches on old Big Oak Flat Road, 1903,” 31(12):160 photo by Julius T. Boysen
  • “Yesteryear’s Stagecoaching into Yosemite” [tales from stagecoach drivers], 31(12):160-164 by Charles M. Goethe
  • “Birdland’s Happiest Marriage” [black-headed grosbeak, Hedymeles m. Melanocephalus], 31(12):164-166 by Henry G. Weston, Jr.
  • “Mineral Curiosities on Ragged Peak” [columnar basalt], 31(12):166-167 by William L. Neely
  • “‘Puddling’—in Yosemite and Elsewhere” [children’s attraction to mud puddles and observation of nature there], 31(12):167-169 by Alice E. Snow

Bibliographical Information

Yosemite Nature Notes 31 (1952) (Yosemite National Park: Yosemite Natural History Association, 1952). 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 Young Research Library (UCLA).
    —Dan Anderson, www.yosemite.ca.us

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