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R. K. Selander,
1955
2 mi. NE Tarlidge Peak, 8500ft, Elko Co., Nevada
June 26 Sage-brush adjacent to meadow. Rain fell
lightly for about 1/2 hour in late afternoon but
sky had completely cleared by 9:00 P.M.
June 27 Caught one Microtus longicaudus in sage brush
about 30 yards from aspen grove. Also caught
a Vesper Sparrow and a subadult Peromyscus
maniculatus, Did not prepare the Peromyscus,
left traps out through the day but caught
nothing more. Hunted in morning through
meadow area. Wounded a Goshawk which
we flushed three times later in the day -- but failed
to get at for a specimen. Took a lone Troglodytes
aëdon which was singing in a small stand of
aspen near the northern (lower) limit of the
meadow area, Collected a Fox Sparrow singing
about 30 feet up in a fir tree near a clump of
willows. This was probably the last individual
of this species present in the area. Saw two
Parusiga ludovicianana in aspens. Noted no
new birds today other than the Troglodytes aëdon.
--Flushed a Red-tailed Hawk from aspen-fir
stand near camp.