Field notes, v1429
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S.O. Stanley 1952 Journal 17 Aug 16 11 1/2 mi NE Chama, 10,000 ft, Rio Arriba Co, New Mexico. I took off along the stream to the south, following one of Bowman's old trap lines. I spotted 2 missed traps both containing thoroughly dead chipmunks. I shot 1 ♂ Williamson Sapsucker out of a spruce about 15 feet up. He hung up on the trunk dead. This in all spruce along this stream for a good day many trout were to be seen in the deeper pools, although, it is only about 3 feet wide and 4 " deep" on the average. I took a shot at what looked like a warbler, pretty high up. A clean miss. Kinglets (Ruby Crowned) were plentiful in the spruce near the stream edge. I shot a Lincoln's Sparrow out of a small spruce (about 4 feet high) along the stream in the grassy meadow. I noticed a chipmunk in a little dead spruce about 6 feet off the ground, chattering at me. Also saw fresh porcupine bedings. A 20 foot spruce tree was stripped down completely to within 3 feet of the ground. Several trees nearby were also barked. I stalked a white- crowned sparrow but just as I was about to bag the beggar, I discovered that I was practically in the Grane - Warren's camp. Wouldn't he have been surprised to have his tent riddled with #12s! Chickadees were numerous in the trees along the stream on the way back. I set 3 gopher sets on the hill to the West.