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Oct
1932
5 mi. W Cape Horn, 7000 ft., Sawtooth Range, Valley Co., Idaho.
July 10, 1932
Warbler, White-crowned Sparrow, Crossbill, Chipping Sparrow,
Junco, Clark's Nutcracker, Red-tailed Hawk. Blandford
saw a Goshawk this 9-10. At noon Miller returned with
two Coyotes which he shot in a rock slide 1/2 miles down
the canyon. At 8 a.m. I placed out another gopher set 40 yards
from where adult #7 was taken this 8-10. At 10:30 a.m. there
was another gopher (ad. #7) in this set. I placed out 3
more sets at 3 p.m. The gophers seem to prefer the rocky
slopes to the wet meadows. Old casting from winter are
down in these wet places. At 4:50 p.m. I went down
to the long rock slide, arriving there at 4:55 p.m. A
number were heard calling among the rocks. The slide
is about 200 yards long and 75 yards wide with some
grass on the edge. A few scrubby blackberry bushes
are growing among the pieces of gravel which range from
rocks 8' in diam. in places to 8 feet in the central
portion. Their call was a single bark, rather soft. None
were seen for 1/2 hour, the only animals in evidence
being Callospermophilus. As the sun grew lower and
shadows began to fall on part of the slide the animals
became more active, coming out and calling and going
to the grassy areas along the edge to feed. When a mouth-
ful of grass was taken the animal would set on top of
a large rock, moving its ears quite fast for a moment
before it began to chew. Piles of feces and dried bits
of blackberry were seen beneath one boulder. Signs
of Notoma citherea were to be seen also in the