Field notes, v1442
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LIDICKER 1965 (June 17 cont.) Then US 10 to Coeur d'Alene, Ida. where we spent the night at the Leducier Motel. Rain almost all day a most of it hard. June 18 Went N on US 95 to Brit. Columbia border at Eastport. Just S of Eastport we looked at a DOR grave (swampy type). B.C. 95 to BC. 3 at the coast to Alberta. Along the Kootenay R. we saw a snake sitting on a fence post. 2 Alberta we continued on Highway 3 to Medicine Hat where we spent the night at the Trans-Canada Motel. Rained just of the day, especially latter half. June 19 Cont. E on highway 1. 4 mi. W of Walsh, Alta., we saw 8 frogmouths (not in 1 spot but scattered over sev. miles), also saw 2 littletoes & 2 common terns. Near Piapot, Sask., we saw 3 more frogmouths. 7 mi. W of Caronport, Sask. we stopped to examine a DOR foregnipe & saw the skull (# 2916 ); this was the second one seen, the first being in W. Sask. Caronport is about 13 mi by road W. of Moosomin. The habitat photos were taken when the foreignpie was found. Went a for to Moosomin (Cree word for crossing of the trail), Distinction: collected longtoes & mowers that also saw oly th skunk