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8.0 January
1952
Journal
52
Sept 4 16mi NE Pojoaque, 8750 ft Santa Fe Co New Mexico
could not have been sadder than a couple of days old.
Its eyes were closed and it sucked at the milk I
fed it from a spoon. Maybe I dropped it mammary
and it was starving. Didn't turn. I did a little
shooting in the field below camp, that is to
the North West. I shot principally Audubon's
warblers : I took 3 which had only faintly
yellow throats. I assumed of course, that they
were all juveniles, but to my astonishment
the one with the subvent throat, which has
just faint yellow washings, had a completely
doubled skull and must be an adult. Is that
a hybrid with the Myrtle Warbler ? The tail
seems to be typically Audubon warbler. I made
a steel trap set at the mouth of a large burm
in which I found fresh earth. I shot a Ruby
Crowned Kinglet in good plumage. Took down
one of yesterday's larks. I am still getting the
wings turned around on some of them. I left
the trap out in the same place, hoping for the
best. I got a claymole in the line during the
day. Oh well. It is getting ready to rain like
hell tonight.
Sept 12 No rain to speak of. Picked up trap. 1 definite Perogyan
maniculates and 2 funny - looking things, much
smaller with somewhat different tails. Put up all
3. I hunted the woods along the ridge and got