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Yosemite Nature Notes 8 (1929)

Copyright © 2007 Dan Anderson “Billy” the black bear sets a record eating 72 pancakes (dramatization; photo not in article)

Telescope Tree from “Among the Big Trees in the Mariposa Grove” by William C. Godfrey

Carl P. Russell, editor.

• YNN 8(1) (January 1929) [PDF]
  • “The Bodie Stage, an Old Manuscript,” 8(1):1-3 by Carl P. Russell
  • “Notes of a Mid-Winter Wanderer in Yosemite Valley,” 8(1):4-5 by George M. Wright
  • “Ring-Tailed Cats at Glacier Point,” 8(1):5-6 by J. B. Herschler
  • “The Band-Tailed Pigeon’s Nest,” 8(1):6-7 by Enid Michael
  • “Pohono Trail Acquintances,” 8(1):7-9 by James S. Smith
  • “Why Not Bring Back the Big Horn [Sheep]?,” 8(1):9 by Robert P. Hays
  • “Giant Yellow Pine Threatened [by compacted soil],” 8(1):10 by C. H. Oneal
  • “Baby Fish Exercse at Fish Hatchery,” 8(1):10-11 by Ralph Teall
  • “Recent Museum Accessions,” 8(1):11-12 by George M. Wright
  • “The Vagabond Song” [poem], 8(1):12 by Orville O. Hiestand
• YNN 8(2) (February 1929) [PDF]
  • “[George F.] Monroe’s Bouquet,” 8(2):13-14 by William C. Godfrey
  • “Sidelights on Major James Savage,” 8(2):15-16 by Ida Savage Bolles
  • “Notes of a Mid-Winter Wanderer in Yosemite Valley,” 8(2):16-18 by George M. Wright
  • “Bird Adventures,” 8(2):18-19 by Enid Michael
  • “Pygmies of the Feathered World Meet” [Pigmy owls] 8(2):19-20 by Enid Michael
  • “A Strange Flycather,” 8(2):20-21 by Enid Michael
  • “Whirligig and Water-Boatman,” 8(2):21-22 by Eva May Hyde
  • “The Lost Arrow Trail,” 8(2):22-23 by Harold E. Perry
  • “Amphibian Appetites,” 8(2):23-24 by Ralph Teall
  • “Fresh Water Yosemite Mollusks,” 8(2):24 by Florence Anne Summer
• YNN 8(3) (March 1929) [PDF]
  • “More Notes on Tioga Mining History,” 8(3):25-26 by Grant H. Smith
  • “Termendous Task Transporting Great Sierra Machinery across the Snowy Mountains” [reprinted from Homer Mining Index, March 4, 1882], 8(3):26-27
  • “Blue-Fronted Jays and Pine Nuts” [Steller’s jay], 8(3):27 by Enid Michael
  • “California Nutmeg,” 8(3):28-29 by William C. Godfrey
  • “Notes of a Mid-Winter Wanderer in Yosemite Valley,” 8(3):29-30 by George M. Wright
  • “Band-Tailed Pigeons,” 8(3):30-31 by Enid Michael
  • “Some Notes on the Song of the Pacific Black-Headed Grosbeak,” 8(3):31-32 by Ralph Teall
  • “Mountain Hemlock,” 8(3):32-33 by William C. Godfrey
  • “The Coyote,” 8(3):33-34 by William C. Godfrey
  • “The Striped Skunk,” 8(3):34
  • “Sleeping Chamber of the California Woodpecker,” 8(3):35 by Enid Michael
  • “Eternal Verities” [poem], 8(3):36 by Edith Coyle Matthes
• YNN 8(4) (April 1929) [PDF]
  • “Among the Big Trees in the Mariposa Grove,” 8(4):37-44 by William C. Godfrey
  • “Tunneled Trees of Mariposa and Other Groves,” 8(4):44-46
  • “The Fragrance of the Forest,” 8(4):46-47
  • “Mistletoe,” 8(4):47-49
  • “The Staghorn Lichen,” 8(4):49-50
  • “History of the Mariposa Grove,” 8(4):50-52 by Carl P. Russell
• YNN 8(5) (May 1929) [PDF]
  • “Old Shooting Blinds” [in Yosemite National Park], 8(5):53-54 by John H. Wegner
  • “The Sky Battle” [birds], 8(5):55-56 by Enid Michael
  • “Sierra Crosbills,” 8(5):56 by Enid Michael
  • “Acorn Storing Habits of the California Woodpecker,” 8(5):57 by Enid Michael
  • “Recent Museum Accessions,” 8(5):58
  • “Books for California Nature Lovers,” 8(5):59-60 by Mabel Hibbard
• YNN 8(6) (June 1929) [PDF]
  • “A ‘Good-Bye’ and a ‘Hello’” [Carl P. Russell departure from Yosemite National Park], by Carl P. Russell 8(6):61-62
  • “Museum Accessions for May,” 8(6):62
  • “The Yosemite Museum and the Conservation of Wild Life,” 8(6):63-67 by Carl P. Russell
  • “What Influences Make for Late Seasons?,” 8(6):67 by M. B. Nichols
  • “Incense Cedar Tenacious of Life,” 8(6):67 by Harold C. Bryant
  • “Predacious Pine Squirrels,” 8(6):68 by Carl P. Russell
  • “Brave Mothers” [birds], 8(6):68 by Ralph Teall
• YNN 8(7) (July 1929) [PDF]
  • “Last of Yosemite Indians Visits Valley after a 75 Year Absence,” 8(7):69-70 by Carl P. Russell
  • “Another Rare Accession for the Yosemite Museum” [Mountain House guest register], 8(7):71-74 by Mrs. H. J. Taylor [Rose Taylor]
  • “Yosemite School of Field Natural History,” 8(7):74 by C. A. Harwell
  • “A Relic of Rare Historical Significance” [Charles L. Weed photograph] 8(7):75 by Carl P. Russell
  • “Occurrences of Galls on Oaks,” 8(7):76 by James S. Smith
  • “Sparrow Hawk Pesters Golden Eagle,” 8(7):76 by Harold C. Bryant
• YNN 8(8) (August 1929) [PDF]
  • “Oddities of Nature in Yosemite [Has a Gooseberry Bush Turned Parasite?; the Heartless Oak; Girdled Incense Cedar; a Stump That Grows; Growing under Difficulties],” 8(8):77-80 by Paul J. White
  • “Yosemite Bird Report for June,” 8(8):80 by Enid Michael
  • “Yosemite’s Bird Man” [Herbert Sonn], 8(8):81 by H. E. Perry
  • “An Exposure of Basalt” [next to Tuolumne Meadows], 8(8):82 by James S. Smith
  • “Campfire Programs are Popular,” 8(8):82 by C. A. Harwell
  • “Afield with Ranger Naturalists [Black Bear Kills Fawn by George L. Unnewehr; Further Yosemite Toad Studies [of Dr. Rudolph Stohle] by F. O. Evans; Evidence of Migration Noted by H. C. Bryant; Jay Stores Peanuts by Ralph Teall ],” 8(8):83
  • “Recent Museum Accessions,” 8(8):84
• YNN 8(9) (September 1929) [PDF]
  • “Maria Lebrado is a Guest at Museum” [Totoya, granddaughter of Chief Tenaya] 8(9):85-86 by Mrs. H. J. Taylor [Rose Taylor]
  • “The Gift of Memory” [poem], 8(9):86 by Floyd E. Dewhirst
  • “Yosemite Bird Report for July,” 8(9):87-88 by Enid Michael
  • “Special Yosemite Museum Visitors” [from Carnegie Institute and USDA], 8(9):88-89 by C. A. Harwell
  • “Afield with Ranger Naturalists [Coyotes at Glacier Point by Ralph Teall; Color in Glacial Lakes by J. S. Smith; Nature Guide Group Study Mountain Quail by H. C. Bryant; Dixon Picture Exhibit by C. A. Harwell; Special Field Trips for Children by C. H. Harwell; Variation in Development of Black Oaks by Ralph Teall; Nature-Guided Field Trips by C. A. Harwell; a Nursery Tale by J. S. Smith; Tree Growth under Difficulties by Ralph Teall; Witches’ Brooms by J. S. Smith],” 8(9):89-92
• YNN 8(10) (October 1929) [PDF]
  • “[White Pine] Blister-Rust and its Control,” 8(10):93-94 by George A. Root
  • “Pacific Oak Twig Girdler,” 8(10):94-95 by H. E. Perry
  • “Marmots Are Disappearing,” 8(10):95-96 by Harold C. Bryant
  • “Billy, the Bear, Sets a Record” [eating 72 flapjacks] 8(10):96-97 by Paul J. White
  • “Yosemite Bird Report for August, 1929,” 8(10):97-98 by Enid Michael
  • “Ranger Finds a Flower Garden,” 8(10):98 by Mrs. H. J. Taylor [Rose Taylor]
  • “Afield with Ranger Naturalists [Famous Tree Dying [Sentinel Dome Jeffrey Pine]] by C. H. O'Neal;Mounain Sheep Skull Found on Parsons’ Peak by H. C. Bryant; Lincoln Sparrow Nest by Enid Michael],” 8(10):99
• YNN 8(11) (November 1929) [PDF]
  • “The Ascent of Red Peak,” 8(11):101-104 by C. A. Harwell
  • “Seasonal Notes on Yosemite Animals [Gray Squirrels, Marmots, Red Fox, Badger, Pine Marten, Flying Squirrel, Fish],” 8(11):104-105 by Harold C. Bryant
  • “Recent Museum Accessions,” 8(11):105-106
  • “Yosemite Bird Report for September,” 8(11):106-107 by Enid Michael
  • “Fauna and Flora Report for September,” 8(11):107-108 by C. A. Harwell
• YNN 8(12) (December 1929) [PDF]
  • “The Lost Arrow Nature Trail,” 8(12):109-112 by Clifford C. Presnall
  • “Moist Rock Garden at Yosemite Museum,” 8(12):112-113 by Sumner L. Evans
  • “Yosemite Flora and Fauna Report for October,” 8(12):114-115 by C. A. Harwell
  • “Yosemite Bird Report for October,” 8(12):115-116

Bibliographical Information

Yosemite Nature Notes 8 (1929) (Yosemite National Park: Yosemite Natural History Association, 1929). 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, April 2007, from a copy at San Diego State University Library.
    —Dan Anderson, www.yosemite.ca.us

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