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5 mi. E Warm h., 7000 ft., Valley Co., Idaho.
July 8, 1932
The valley edge about 3 mi. S Wood Pewees were common, but not a single Wright Flycatcher was heard during the day. A Porcupine was found up in the rocks. Found a Mountain Bluebird's nest at 10:30 a.m. out on an open burnt over hillside where a tall dead stump of a Lodgepole Pine was standing. The top had broken off and the nest hole was 1 foot down from the top about 40 feet above the ground on the upper S-facing side. Both members of the pair were seen to later with food, but the ? did not do much more than partly enter. The ! I went and stayed there until 15 min. later. Lincoln Sparrows are quite common among the riparian growth. White-crowned Sparrows are scarce. Saw 3 Ruby-crowned Kinglets, each in small for areas. No other birds but the ones mentioned were seen. Shot two Junco's, one being a ? which was singing 1/3 way up a fir tree on a dead limb and the other a ?? that was seen carrying a caterpillar and heard "thumping" in Lodgepole Pine. Saw a Hairy Woodpecker and heard a Red-shafted Slicker also saw a Williamson Sapsucker.
Frogs (Rana putosa) are extremely abundant in the swamp areas in the meadows and up at a small pond 1/2 mi W of here where there are a