Field notes, v1539
Page 189
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R.J. Raitt 1956 Journal 48 E side spruce Mtn. 8400 ± ft, Elko Co., Nevada June 27 In spite of such a smell take I returned to camp early because I had several specimens left over from the previous day. In the evening it was warmer than any yet at this camp and many bats were flying, but again they were flying low, and I failed to bring any down in several shots. We strung up mist nets across the mouths of two large mine tunnels in the main workings just below camp. We caught one Myotis in one before we went to bed. We left them up all night. Again we heard Poor-wills calling. W side spruce Mtn. at Sprucemont ft. Elko Co., Nev. June 28 We ate breakfast and then broke camp this morning and descended the mountain by the same road we had ascended at about 7:30 AM. We arrived at a point just a few hundred yards below the old townsite of sprucemont. We hunted there in a rather flat Pinion-Juniper-Mtn. Mahogany forest for about 2-3 hours. There were quite a few Scrub Jays which came calling rather readily to my squeaking. I collected 5 of them. I also saw and heard Black-throated Gray Warblers, Bush-tits and Mountain Chickadees. I collected one of the warblers and 2 of the Bush-tits (both young) from a flock of about 12.