Field notes, v1458
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Fowlund 1939 Itinerary July 14 Maryhill, Klickitat Co., Wash. and supplies and then continued on up the Columbia to about a mile above Maryhill where we made camp beside the R. in a grove of large willows. The situation about camp is much the same as at the mouth of the Deschutes R. with sagebrush on the hills and high love linsocks bordering the R. There is much open ground, however, covered with only short dry grass. There are numerous small ranches along the R. near Maryhill with alfalfa fields and orchards. Last evening Chittin and I attempted to set some gopher traps in the alfalfa fields between camp and Maryhill, but there were few burrows and the soft sandy soil made it difficult to find open runways. I only made one set. Several bats were seen flying just before dark even though it was quite windy. This morning Johnson and I drove 1mi. NE Maryhill, ft. to set some gopher traps in an alfalfa field. I made two sets and also collected two horned larks. Birds seen about here so far include: Sea gulls, red-tailed hawk, Sparrow-hawk, Calif. guail, Lewis woodpecker, horned lark, rock wren, Arkansas kingbird, raven, crow, meadow lark,