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Orr
1932
5 mi. S Mt. Thielsen, 6200 ft., Douglas Co., Oregon
108
June 15, 1932
moving from tree to tree at a rapid rate.
June 16, 1932
Last night I set out 35 mouse and 5 rat traps at the bases of fallen trees and beneath Lodge Pole Pine. This a.m. I found 5 Peromyscus maniculatus, 1 Callospermophilus and 1 Lutamias amoenus in them. The "Callo" was taken at the front of a hole on the edge of a small clearing where Chipping Sparrows were seen in numbers. Droppings of rabbits, presumably Lepus washingtonii, were seen in the snow and on ground in rather open (no underbrush) Lodge Pole Pine areas which were adjacent to a more close type of vegetation consisting of Nework. They were also seen in the Nework area. I cut twigs of Lodge Pole Pine is present in a great many places and often the young trees (12 ft. high) are almost stripped of their bark. This may be the work of Por-cupines, but no furs of them have been noted either today or yesterday. I shot another Red Squirrel in a Lodge Pole Pine this a.m. Cassin Purple Finches, Audubon Warblers and Chipping Sparrows were heard in greater numbers this a.m. than yesterday. This probably is due to the relative lack of wind this morning. Chipping Sparrows were seen only in an area where pines are growing sparingly. A Wright Flycatcher was heard singing on top of a small Lodge Pole Pine in a thicket of young trees I shot it. At 12 m. a Pacific Night-hawk was