8.0. Sandy 1952 Journal 23 Aug 21 3 mi SW Tres Piedras, 9000 ft Rio Arriba Co, New Mexico pines grew up flew a Stellers Jay, which I collected. It was in pretty ragged plumage. It was sitting in a yellow pine about 15 feet off the ground. I could hear more of them in the pines near here but I could not get them in. I saw a flock of 6 or 8 Western Bluebirds feeding on the ground and in a small cork patch. I fired at one of them to no effect. The sound of the shot did not seem to frighten them much. They would flutter a bit but go back to feeding immediately. I proceeded down into a small valley which apparently runs into the one I was in yesterday. I heard a woodpecker pecking. Finally located it on the side of a large dead dogwood. It was a Hairy Woodpecker, which I collected. At this point, I canyoned into another and they both proceeded toward the canyon I was in yesterday. I noticed a great many gopher working in the valley. A small flock of mothbats in grass acre with small pines growing therein. I shot a chipmunk in the rocks along the dry creek. Grassy and a little sage coming in here. A number of rocks in the creek edge. Sage becomes more prominent. A little lower down there is a good stand of sage. I shot another chipmunk in this. They are quite plentiful in here. This is Eutamias minimus, a little fellow. A number of Sceloporus in the rocks. Shot one but no .22 aux, but cut him