Longhurst 1939 Itinerary July 9 Hood River, Hood River Co., Oregon a & duck with brood of young. The duck and young were seen in a pond along the edge of the Columbia which had been cut off from the main R. by a railroad fill. These ponds are quite numerous along the R. from the mouth of the Deschutes to Hood River and afford ideal breeding places for waterfowl. Today has been spent mainly waiting for the truck parts from Portland. We took one short trip this morning and set some gopher traps in a cut alfalfa field about 2 mi SW of town. I set 4 sets of gopher traps - 2 in mole runways and 2 in gopher holes. The traps were left out only about 4 hrs, and although I were springing nothing was caught. In the afternoon we drove out beyond the town of "Dee" to one of the forks of the Hood R. After returning from "Dee" we learned that the truck could not be fixed until late tonight or tomorrow morning; so we again stowed our