S.O. Lemley 1952 Journal 43 Aug 4 6 mi E Truchas, 10,000 ft, Rio Arriba Co, New Mexico - slightly difficult area. A lot of them are in boggy ground, criss-crossed with fallen timber. Aug 5 Looked in traps. 1 Microtus longicaudus, I decided to leave them in place to see if any Microtus are out during the day. I went off up the hill to the East of camp. I shot a house wren in the rail fence at the side of the field above camp. Chipmunks are numerous here. A large stand of Aspen crowds up to the edge of the fence. It is interesting to note the conifers seeding in under the aspen, while the aspen seedlings are under in the open field. I made my way up the hill among the conifers.. There is undoubted Douglas Fir and undoubted spruce in here. I can not really tell them apart especially the seedlings . I also saw some white pine up there too. I don't know what zone this is supposed to represent. Doug fir is supposedly Transition but Fir and Pine are certainly Canadianum. The aspen is certainly a successional stage, at least in parts of the place in which it is found. I heard a Steller's jay up here but did not get a shot. I fired at a Chickadee on the side of a fir, apparently without effect. This squirrel was about 20 feet up in the tree , about 50 feet away. When I fired, he ran down the tree to the ground and ran off through the woods. The top of this hill is covered with aspen many of which are knocked down, giving a sort of