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Orr
1932
12 mi. S Canyon City, 5500 ft., Grant Co., Oregon
June 26, 1932
The 40 traps this a.m. contained: 1 Neotoma cinerea,
1 Erotomys, and 1 Peromyscus maniculatus. Every one of the animals caught, with the exception
of one Erotomys was immature. The Bushy-tailed woodrat was taken on top of a fir stump.
The Red-backed mice were taken as follows:
one on a fallen log underneath some small
tiers, and the other along a fallen logs in a
small clearing frequented by snowshoe Hares.
None of the hares were seen this a.m. by me,
but Miller shot one in the same clearing that
I did last night. A pair of Red Squirrels
was seen down in a fir grown area 1/2 mi.
SW of camp at 8 a.m. One ran across the trail
with some grassy-looking material in its
mouth and the other was chasing right behind
it. A little beyond this in a small open area;
a Red-shafted Flickers nest was found. It was
located in a dead fir stump that was 10 feet
tall and approximately 28" in diameter. The
opening was 8 feet above the ground. The young
birds were well advanced as shown by the appear-
ance of one at the opening. It was pecking when
I first came but when it saw me it dived
down what sounded like a distance of about
18" and several others were heard giving low
notes then. Two adult birds were seen