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Yosemite Nature Notes 4 (1925)

1925 Masthead with the Sentinel Dome Jeffrey Pine

Jay Bruce, Official Lion Hunter of California (from “Game Conservation in the National Parks” by Horace M. Albright)

New Yosemite Museum

Carl P. Russell, editor.

• YNN, 4(1) (January 1925). First printed edition [PDF]
  • “Our New Clothes” [new printed format] 4(1):1
  • “Museum Notes: the Message of National Parks (Yosemite Museum Staf in Berkeley),” 4(1):2-3 by Ansel F. Hall
  • “Winter Dens of Black Bears,” 4(1):4-6 by Carl P. Russell
  • “Field Notes: Bald Eagles Nest near Yosemite,” 4(1):7-8 by Donald D. McLean
  • “Hylas Breeding” [Tree frogs] 4(1):8 by Carl P. Russell
• YNN, 4(2) (February 1925) [PDF]
  • “A School for Nature Guides,” 4(2):9-10,16 by Harold C. Bryant
  • “February Botany Notes” [Rhododeadron leafing out], 4(2):11 by Enid Michael
  • “A Predatory Visitor from the North” [Northern Pigeon Hawk] 4(2):15 by Donald D. McLean
  • “Museum Notes: Early Yosemite Books Donated” 4(2):16
  • “Dropped Antlers” [Deer] 4(2):12-14 (February) by Carl P. Russell
  • “A Remarkable Bird Vocabulary” [southern spotted owl] 4(2):19 by Donald D. McLean
• YNN, 4(3) (March 1925) [PDF]
  • “‘Unnatural’ History” [superstitions about nature] 4(3):17-18,23-4 by Carl P. Russell
  • “A Remarkable Bird Vocabulary,” 4(3):19 by Donald D. McLean
  • “Deer Migrations,” 4(3):20-23 by Carl P. Russell
• YNN, 4(4) (April 1925) [PDF]
  • “Opening New Yosemite Wonders” [Hiker’s Camps] 4(4):25-26,32 by Carl P. Russell
  • “The Golden Eagle as a Deer Enemy,” 4(4):27 by Donald D. McLean
  • “When Chinese Camp was Booming” [gold mining] 4(4):28-30 by Carl P. Russell
  • “‘Water Dogs’ are Breeding” [Pacific newts] 4(4):31
• YNN, 4(5) (May 1925) [PDF]
  • “Educational Value of Parks,” 4(5):33-34 by Stephen T. Mather
  • “The Flight and Pursuit Tactics of the Duck Hawk,” 4(5):35 by Donald D. McLean
  • “Some Animal Friends You May Make in Yosemite,” 4(5):36-37,40 by Carl P. Russell
  • “Three Ways of Catching a Gopher” [by great blue heron, red-tail hawk, and coyote] 4(5):38-39 by Donald D. McLean
• YNN, 4(6) (June 1925) [PDF]
  • “Evidences of Recurrent Glaciation in the Sierra Nevada of California,” 4(6)41-42 by by François E. Matthes
  • “Yosemite’s Discoverers Immortalized,” 4(6):43-45 by Carl P. Russell
  • “Tales a Tree Tells,” 4(6):46 by Roland Case Ross
  • “Afield with the Nature Guides [Hippodamia Convergens [Ladybird Beetle] by Enid Michael; Pygmy Owl Feeds His Wife by L. W. Wilson; Squirrel Moves Her Babies by H. C. Bryant; a Clear Stick of Timber by Roland Case Ross; a New Vertebrate for Yosemite [Salamander] by C. P. Russell],” 4(6):47-48
• YNN, 4(7) (July 7, 1925) [PDF]
  • “Our Educational Program Endorsed by Public,” 4(7):49 by W. B. Lewis
  • “Yosemite Museum Library Grows,” 4(7):50-51 by Carl P. Russell
  • “Afield with the Nature Guides [Yosemite Nature Guide Service Starts Its Sixth Season by H. C. Bryant; What Becomes of Song Bird’s Egg Shells by L. K. Wilson; Chickaree Permits Observation by L. K. Wilson; Orphan Annie [Baby Hummingbird]],” 4(7):52
• YNN, 4(8) (July 14, 1925) [PDF]
  • “With a Nature Guide to Sentinel Dome,” 4(8):53 by Enid Michael
  • “The Glacier Point Lookout,” 4(8):54-55 by Robert D. Harwood and Carl P. Russell
  • “Afield with the Nature Guides [Schooling a Robin by L. W. Wilson; Dainty Fish Food by Robert Harwood; Hermit Warbler Forages on Ground by C. P. Russell],” 4(8):56
• YNN, 4(9) (July 21, 1925) [PDF]
  • “Nests,” 4(9):57-58 by Leo K. Wilson
  • “The Woodpecker’s Possessions,” 4(9):59 by Roland Case Ross
  • “Afield with the Nature Guides [Spotted Sandpiper Babes by David D. Keck; a Remarkable Flowering by Enid Michael; Duck Hawk in Yosemite during June by D. D. McLean; Perplexed Anglers Please Note! by L. K. Wilson],” 4(9):60
• YNN, 4(10) (July 28, 1925) [PDF]
  • “Visits to Birds’s Nests Furnish Thrills,” 4(10):63 (July 28) by Harold C. Bryant
  • “A Mysterious Voice” [Blue grouse] 4(10):61 by Roland Case Ross
  • “Museum Notes: Interesting Indian Artifacts Come to Light,” 4(10):62 by Carl P. Russell
  • “Afield with the Nature Guides [A Young, Oil-Soaked Robin by D. D. McLean; Black Swifts in Yosemite by Enid Michael; a Pugnacious Robin by Enid Michael; Visits to Bird’ Nests Furnish Thrills by H. C. Bryant; Flower Season by David D. Keck; Reptilian Courting Antics; a Nightly Visit from a Flying Squirrel by H. C. Bryant; a Common Language among Birds by Enid Michael],” 4(10):63-64
• YNN, 4(11) (August 4, 1925) [PDF]
  • “Flowers on the Eagle Peak Trail,” 4(11):64 by Enid Michael
  • “Museum Notes,” 4(11):66
  • “Afield with the Nature Guides [Cassin Vireo Refuses to Vacate by H. C. Bryant; Yosemite Red-Winged Blackbirds by D. D. McLean; What is the Ledge Trail by David D. Keck; Stone Fly Transformation by R. D. Harwood; Nest of Northern Pileated Woodpecker Discovered by Nature Guide Party by M. B. Nichols; a Nest of the Mountain Bluebird by H. C. Bryant; California Pine Grosbeak Seen by David D. Keck],” 4(11):67-68
• YNN, 4(12) (August 11, 1925) [PDF]
  • “Cloud’s Rest with a Nature Guide,” 4(12):69 by David D. Keck
  • “Tamarac and Coyote Creeks,” 4(12):70
  • “Afield with the Nature Guides [Tame Deer Returns to Camp Nineteen by H. C. Bryant; Wild Devotion by Enid Michael; Wokas [Indian Pond Lily, Nymphaea polysepaium] by R. D. Harwood; Tuolumne Meadows Branch Museum [in Parson’s Memorial Lodge] by C. P. Russell; a Fawn Goes Swimming by Enid Michael; a Rattlesnake’s Meal by H. C. Bryant; Golden Trout Caught near Merced Lake by H. C. Bryant; the Flight of Termites],” 4(12):71-72
• YNN, 4(13) (August 18, 1925) [PDF]
  • “A New Charge against the Gopher,” 4(13):73 by Carl P. Russell
  • “Merely Myrmelion” [Ant lion] 4(13):74,76 by Robert D. Harwood
  • “Afield with the Nature Guides [Bears at Glacier Point by David D. Keck; Two Charming Mimulus by Enid Michael; a Buck Registers Disapproval by R. D. Harwood; a Clever Beggar by R. D. Harwood; a Suspicious Squirrel by R. D. Harwood; Deer Trails by D. D. McLean; Two-Winged Giants by R. D. Harwood],” 4(13):75-76
• YNN, 4(14) (August 25, 1925) [PDF]
  • “The Lure of the High Sierra,” 4(14):77 by David D. Keck
  • “The Lost Lake of Little Yosemite,” 4(14):78-79 by Ansel F. Hall
  • “Afield with the Nature Guides [Nature’s Shelters by J. B. Newell; Clark Nutcrackers Visit Glacier Point by H. C. Bryant; Leading a Fawn to Water by Edith Beal],” 4(14):80
• YNN, 4(15) (September 1, 1925) [PDF]
  • “Inhabitants of a Fallen Yellow Pine,” 4(15):81 by Robert D. Harwood
  • “The Wawona Tree,” [Photo] 4(15):82-83 by J. T. Boysen
  • “The Wawona Tree Tunnel,” 4(15):83 by Carl P. Russell
  • “Afield with the Nature Guides [Nesting Rough-Winged Swallows by Enid Michael; July Proves a Record-Breaking Month by David D. Keck; August is Flowery in Yosemite Valley by Enid Michael],” 4(15):84
  • “Pygmy Owl Eats Chipmunk,” 4(15):84 by David D. Keck
• YNN, 4(16) (September 8, 1925) [PDF]
  • “A Mysterious Freak” [Roosevelt elk antlers embedded in a madrona shrub (not oak)] 4(16):85 by Carl P. Russell
  • “Slow Growing Oak Encompasses Head of Swift Moving Elk,” [madrona, not oak] 4(16):86
  • “A Half Million Trout Planted in Yosemite,” 4(16):86 by Harold C. Bryant
  • “Does a Rubber Boa Constrict?,” 4(16):87 by Carl P. Russell
  • “Afield with the Nature Guides [Pine Grosbeak is Studied by School Group by H. C. Bryant; Bears Preparing for Winter Sleep by C. P. Russell; a Refined Chipmunk by R. D. Harwood; a Crane Fly Larva in a Soda Spring by R. D. Harwood; the Grand Canyon of the Tuolumne River by David D. Keck],” 4(16):88
• YNN, 4(17) (September 15, 1925) [PDF]
  • “Blood Lust in Woodpeckers,” 4(17):89 by Enid Michael
  • “Following Spring up the Mountains,” 4(17):90 by Nancy Yerkes
  • “Afield with the Nature Guides [Young Red-Breasted Sapsuckers by Enid Michael; a Late Nester by R. D. Harwood; How a Chipmunk Provides by David D. Keck; the Flora of the Ledge Trail by Mabel E. Hibbard],” 4(17):91-92
• YNN, 4(18) (September 22, 1925) [PDF]
  • “The Sierra and Their Geminate Species,” [Evolution] 4(18):93-95 by David Starr Jordan
  • “Afield with the Nature Guides [Yellow Spotted Salamander in Yosemite by C. P. Russell; Observations on the Life History of a Centipede by R. D. Harwood; How are Movements of Bats Guided?],” 4(18):96
• YNN, 4(19) (October 1925) [PDF]
  • “Glacial Polish,” 4(19):97 by Carl P. Russell
  • “Yosemite Educational Service Closes Best Season,” 4(19):98 by Carl P. Russell
  • “On the Sierra’s Summit,” 4(19):99 by Donald D. McLean
  • “Lodgepole Pine Defoliation Disappearing in Yosemite,” [Needleminer Moth] 4(19):100-102 by John M. Miller
  • “Afield with the Nature Guides [Sierra Nevada Range a Single Mountain by Ansel F. Hall; the ‘Picket Pin’ [Belding ground squirrel] by C. P. Russell; a Western Goshawk Scatters Yosemite’s Band-Tail Pigeon Colony by D. D. McLean; Peregoy and Bridalveil Meadows by D. D. Mclean],” 4(19):103
  • “What Yosemite’s Educational Program Purports to Do,” 4(19):104
• YNN, 4(20) (November 1925) [PDF]
  • “The Park Superitendents’ Tour” [of Southwestern National Parks in conjunction with the Eight National Park Conference in Mesa Verde National Park] 4(20):105-107,111-112 by G. F. Reynolds
  • “Why Yosemite Needs Eastern Addition” [describes Devil’s Postpile and other natural features], 4(20):108-110
  • “Oriole Complains of Mimicry on Part of Stellar Jay” [Steller’s Jay], 4(20):110 by Mabel Hibbard
• YNN, 4(21) (December 1925) [PDF]
  • “Game Conservation in the National Parks,” 4(21):113-120 by Horace M. Albright

Bibliographical Information

Carl P. Russell (1894-1967), editor, Yosemite Nature Notes 4 (1925) (Yosemite National Park: Yosemite Natural History Association, 1925). 24 cm. Ill. Weekly June - September; monthly remainder of year. LCCN 54040211. Library of Congress call number QH1.Y6. U. S. Government Document Call Number: I 29.119

Digitized by Dan Anderson, March 2007, from a copy at San Diego State University Library.
    —Dan Anderson, www.yosemite.ca.us

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