Field notes, v1511
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Ore 1932 Catherine Crk., 7 mi. E Telcort, 3500 ft, Union Co., Oregon. June 29, 1932 This evening I caught another gopher. Saw a Grampus coming down the east facing slope of the ridge at 8 p.m. It was ambiling along at a slow walk thru the clear ings among the yellow Pines and Firs. When it came to a log it would slowly climb over it, raising one foot at a time. The animal came in my direction, uttiring slow grunting noise as it moved along. This noise could not be heard more than 75 feet away. Moting in my part when it was 30 feet away were apparently uneen and low noises were unheared. But when I called loudly it stopped suddenly and raised its head. After several seconds pause it moved on towards me, veering away at a slight angle, the grunts being re- sumed. At 25 feet I yelled again and it turned around quickly and raised the quills on the rump. A pine cone tossed quietly in its direction caused it to run to a for thicket, the speed it attained being no more than that of an ordinary gait of a man. When it reached the thicket it stayed on the ground with the quills still erect, not mov- ing. Left it and moved on, finding another coming down the slope 200 yards away! This one was in a fir thicket and seemed to hear me at a greater distance, because when I was 50 feet away it climbed up to the lower branch of a fir and quietly sat down on the limb (5 ft. above the ground), looking about in all directions.