C Koford 14 Journal 25 June 1969 C. Chihuahua, Mexico wing tips; near-white bore tail). I & the team purchased supplies talked with Davison, picked up Dave Christmas, who had flown down. Left about 5 p.m. & drove N. to about 6 mi. N. of Km. 92, then turned off on small sidetrack toward Laguna Quemilla, drove through mesquite to grassland, & adobe house of Dr. Gutierrez (MV men had camped there in previous years). Talked with the old man, who remembered Posell well, & camped a few hundred yards S. of his crop field, in mesquite. Lake shore about 1 mile to E. Saw Meadowlarks, thrush, hoodedrun. George P. said saw Black-nachel Stilt, Yellowthroat, & Black-crowned Night-Herons near lake; Large areas of Sporobolus grass clumps, mainly brown. Toward lake, Distichlis increased to pure stand. Various patches of Junce. Some slightly raised & gravelly penetrable bare mounds of Diptisampter spiloforma, to within 1/4 mile of shoreline. To Laguna, Chihuahua, Mexico (?) 26 June 1969. Windy night. Saw Killdeer, Sporobolus W. Meadowlark. Many large Sporobolus clumps, mostly brown & dry, dominant cover. Patches of Junce. Occas. grass mesquite. Dry flat playa - pass. Distichlis mixed in Sporobolus, missing toward shore, & finally pure stand near shore, all green. On lake, many coots - pelopes 100 in 1/2 mile. 2 Killdeer at shore. Red-winged Blackbirds - 6 or so & 50 yds. apart in rushes, but not apparently stationed. Desig ducks flew swan with 4 tiny feathered ducklings. Another with 8 smaller ducklings. 3 single small grebes; canopic. white sides, riding high; Redcreps? W. Meadowlark - 4 atop fine points in 100' / the isletts and on wings. 2 O'cullow, Western Kingbirds, 4, out & few others. Singing Red-winged Blackbird, Vermilion Flycatcher. 1/6 small planted field, corn about 2' high. Saw white-throated Swift flying among big cottonwoods. Near house, Blue grackle, trim big cottonwood, Orchard Oriole. At least two