R. J. Raitt 1956 18 Journal Cottonwood Creek, 5800 ft., Elko Co., Nevada June 8 covered hills with occasional nearly vertical, slightly broken, cliffs along the river. There is a strip of grass and willows -- the latter growing very thickly in places -- about 100 yds wide on either side of the river. The river meanders somewhat [illegible] and runs between dirt banks. Before it got dark we heard Yellow Warblers, Fox Sparrows, Chats & a Flicker. Flying overhead were Nighthawk, (roosting) Barn Swallows, Rough-winged Swallows. Just a nighthall we saw and heard a Poor-will near camp and some bats (Eptesicus) flew over. June 9 Last night I put out 34 museum specials, 2 in the grass and the rest in the rocky and flat sagebrush. This morning I checked and found I had caught 12 Peromyscus maniculatus including over half young ones. Shortly after 6AM I headed downstream hunting mainly in the willows. Very soon 3 American Mergansers came flying over low, and I shot a & (discorded). Then a hunkel Chats (2 or 3) which were singing, but I was unsuccessful. Gray Flycatchers were calling from the sagebrush and I collected a Traill Flycatcher from a willow. Gray Yellow Warblers were abundant in the willows and Fox Sparrows were heard occasionally. I collected a & Black-headed Grosbeak which flew out of a willow thicket and shot a Say Phoebe that was flying over. A Horned Owl was seen to fly several times back and forth from the [illegible]