Ranford 9 Journal Rancho Mesteño S. del Nido, Chih., Mexico M.d.I. Venados 20 July 1968. at head (Quercus, Carothus (?) Freshly eaten cones of Pine (yellow-bog medley and sugar-green cones) Delaw trees (Deinere). (spruce or branches) Carother (?) w. white flowers & some 0 fruit; flowers have sweet "bee" smell. Tiny cones (3 mm. long) on same low tree (live leaf). Paintbrush (red), fern-leather flower (= red fernsman?) in bloom. Near mouth canyon saw Ranga rubra or ? heard turkey wha-wha calls. I walked up rocks to camp, arriving about 5 p.m. Only light rain in early afternoon; clear & calm in evening. No camp visitor (sh!). No bear sign seen, but smelled skunks, & saw various fresh droppings coyote (?) in canyon bottom. / The 45 cm. rattlesnake taken 19th had 5 young inside, to 15 cm. long (saw some in forearm). To Mesteño cabin 21 July 1968, Sunday. Drove from Llamas camp (Dr. 0430) past the Rosa Colorado (2 ½ mi.),izard (3.3 mi.) to ranch Hely tree (7.9 mi.), where told w. Baeza. Drove back to Colliquad (2.3 mi.) & then NE on Mesteño road. Parked jeep on road pons, & walked 2 hrs. to Zea cabin in a. Mester. ½ mi. Rain. Walked up river & rocks; fairly closest rocky canyon w. object Hirundo feries. / In cabin, a mud nest of barn swallow w. 3 young; adults fled it, about 10 yds. into room from door, window. In attic, 2 bats flying [house] & a nest had 3 well-fledged wrens (reddish brown, dark crown), which probably could fly. / At night heard spotted (?) owl & barba from canyon, ' ' Strix Arroyo Mesteño 22 July 1968. Allen, Autanico, near colon; long divide, occasional pines, many juniper (chartu. lochs). Walked up canyon about 350° much nearly flat w. scattered oaks. Flushed 2 quail (never more than 2; nesting?) from grass. 0930, 2/10 cumulus clouds; at mouth canyon branch heading 0 70° (site of old MVZ camp ?). Went up canyon; much logged & now covered with 1-2' high scrub oaks (5 mm. sismo) and other shrubs. Met one