Field notes, v1458
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Longhurst 1939 Itinerary July 16 Maryhill Kitchitat Co. Wash. I had left my 5 spring traps set overnight at Maryhill so that when we reached there I found I had caught - 1 Rattus norvegicus and 1 Oryctes cinerea. Between Goldendale and Maryhill on the S side of the grade I saw a group of 8 or 10 almost full grown Burrowing owls clustered about the mouth of a burrow on an open grassy hillside. On the afternoon of the 16th we broke camp at Maryhill and continued up the Columbia. July 17 4 min N E Roosevelt, 20 ft, Kitchitat Co. Wash. Last night we made a temporary camp at the above locality and I set out 70 mouse traps in sand - dunes covered with sagebrush and sagebrush covered flats bordering the Columbia. Traps were baited with oatmeal and set 5-10 yds. apart. The catch was: Perognathus parvus 9 or 84 Canadian geese are numerous along the R. A large flock, about 100 was seen feeding in a grainfield and a small bunch were flushed