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Oct
1932
Bodfish, 2600 ft., Kern Co., Calif.
Dec. 22, 1932
the long tail that was like a huge "bullet hawk". This was the only one he ever saw,
The brothers told me that old evening in the
Piute Mtns. They saw three Golden Eagles
attacking a two year old buck. The eagles
took turns at hitting the deer until they
were driven off by the trappers. Told me
that there were white-tailed jackrabbits high
up in these mountains. The younger brother
W.W. Ross said he called them the Southern
Sierra Hare.
Both recalled Walter P. Taylor who was
here in 1911. I was told by F. Ross that the
predatory animal men had told him that
they had orders not to report more than 3
or 4 Foxes caught a year in the course of
their control work and he knew that a great
many more than this number were taken
each year and not reported.
Bodfish is located at the west end of a
small valley about 5 miles long. In places
there are small patches of Chrysothamnus,
but most of it is grass land. The hill slopes
are covered with small clumps of C. dumosa
and Juniper but not thickly clothed. There
are some Pigger Pines scattered about.
At present there is brush everywhere but in