O. Jewelry 1952 Journal 21 Aug 20 3 mi SW Tres Piedras, 9000 ft, Rio Arriba Co, New Mexico mantled ground squirrel in the branches of an old pine log lying about 40 feet away. I fired at him with a 38 aux. Notably hit him too, but he scampered away. I collected a young Warbling Vireo from the branches of an aspen near the dry creek bed. A flock of 4 or 5, possibly a family group, were there but I could only get the one in spite of several shots. Saw an Audubon's Warbler flying across the valley flats. I collected another immature Chipping Sparrow from a little pine tree. There were several sparrows feeding in the grass. I got a House Marten from a patch of Sage Brush in the valley. The sage becomes thicker and thicker as you go down the valley. There is quite a respectable patch of it in here low down. I cannot decide whether it comes in here because of some temperature difference or whether it is a successional plant replacing the logged out yellow pine. I turned around after walking down the valley a mile or so and headed back up. I saw no signs of Summit Spring anywhere in there. As I came back out to the less sage, more green part of the valley, I saw a large flock of sparrows (25+). I took a shot at one but I had an old shell in the aux - Ha! Ha! I noticed a great deal of Porcupine barking on the pines on the hillside. As I came back to