Field notes, v1511
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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