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Orr
1932
July 20, 1932
This p.m. at 5:30 I saw 2 Sunshoe Hares S of camp along the creek. At 7:30 p.m. I saw another in a grassy meadow next to riparian growth. When I came within 100 yards it stopped feeding, but soon continued as I stopped. Its color and manner of staying close to the brush reminded me of a brush rabbit. When I came within 40 yards it ran towards the brush 5 yards and stopped at the edge, facing in. I shot at it, but did not succeed in killing it. At that moment a 1/3 grous [sic] ground squirrel ran towards the brush. This I procured. I placed out 45 traps in an area where there were some lodge poles scattered about with willows and smaller shrubs growing beneath. Fallen logs were scattered about, but between the trees there was an abundance of tall grass. While setting out the traps I saw 2 jumping mice. Numerous noises and rustlings in the grass seemed to indicate that animals are very abundant here. A Columbian Ground Squirrel that was partly eaten by yellow jackets was found in one of the steel sets. The gopher set placed out this a.m. was still empty.
July 21, 1932
Traps contained 2 Microtus, 1 Zapus princeps, 1 Eutamys gapperi, and 1 Sorex. In one of the gopher sets there was a gopher, the other set had one of the traps sprung, but did not contain any animal. Shot a 9 Crossbill that was singing two thirds of the way up in