June-September 1888, Trip with Parry to Lake Tahoe Image 3

Creator

John Muir

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P. [M/C.] Kirky Virginia City Building cottages in Emerald Bay [Baldrous] Hotel Warbler [sketch of warbler’s head] singing on nest in cottonwood close to road. Went down to beautiful [opening] thro [through] the marginal [fringe] to the river. Heard the singing [bird] that is a warbler & searched for him. Found him on nest. Seemed to court attention rather than to seek concealment. The road from Truckee dusty. The ground strewn with fallen trunks burned or tops of trees felled for lumber but the

Date Original

1888

Source

Original journal dimensions: 8.5 x 14.5 cm.

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MuirReel27Journal05P01.tif

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Holt-Atherton Special Collections, University of the Pacific Library

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