S.D. Lavelly 1952 Journal 10 Aug 12 11 1/2 mi NE Chama, 10,000 ft., Rio Arriba Co., New Mexico shooting the ground squirrel, I worked around the south side of the hill and down to camp. I attempted to estimate the height of this hill above camp. It came out to about 900 feet. Ward's given was 700 feet. This would make the top close to 11,000 ft. Both of the golden-mantle ground squirrels were fat. One was very fat, the other had practically no fat. The leaner fat one weighed 10 grams less than the lean one. I took the cheek pouch contents from one of them. They appeared to be seeds of some sort. Both of these squirrels were on large rocks, which stood up above the smaller rocks. While I was waiting to shoot the 2nd ground squirrel, a chipmunk ran onto the large rock, so that apparently, the squirrels do not object to chipmunks using their promineries. I worked on down to camp, carrying my bag of 2 squirrels. Ward picked up a horned toad near camp! He set Ward instructed Bowman and I in setting gopher traps in the meadow near camp and up on the hill slope to the west. The soil here is soft and loamy and the gophers are big! In the steep mountains of the Sangre de Cristos we may get another species. I found a coyote jaw in the stream near camp, and Bowman brought in a skull from north of there. I have not heard any howlers. With sheep up here they are probably pretty vigorously persecuted. I set 38 mouse traps.