Field notes, v1445
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Lilleland 1933 Itinerary 20 (Cont'd) July 13. Eutamias m pictus caught half in water and half out. The canyon traps caught nothing. All traps were rebaited and reset. On the way down from the trapset I shot a Tolmiei warbler in a willow in the cow pasture (large flat) and about 200 feet above camp a blue jay Aphelocoma woodhouseii. In the afternoon, put up one Eutamias m. pictus, one Peromyscus maniculatus and one Microtus mordax; also two birds. July 4. Left camp with Jack Arnold at 7.15 a.m. with lunch, canteen and hunting outfit. Wandered leisurely up the canyon hunting birds. Came to an aspen grove. Saw a large nest about 15 feet above ground in an aspen crotch. Climbed up to see but found nest abandoned and covered up. At 11.15 I shot a chipmunk in a mahogany grove (Eutamias quadrimittatus) Had lunch at 11.30 Started to Rain at 12.00 Jack Arnold continued in aspen grove, I climbed saddle to right and came over the divide. Looked down on a canyon NandE of Greenmonster; saw a large aspen grove down in valley. At 12.40 heading toward water coursing down mountainside I ran onto three Sage hen resting in a patch