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Strong. 1921.
Vesipioe Valley, 23 mi. n. Hagelton, B.C. 87.
quats were bad. Coming back we each shot a big
Sunshoe Rabbit, saw several other as it was a
clear evening and they were out in force. Shot a
pack-rat on the front porch this aft. Built a
bridge, and put up a screen door this evening.
Sun. July 3. - Started out nice and clear this morning, but
as usual clouded up by ten o'clock. Went over
Arctic
Three-toed's
Nest,
and chopped down the snag with the Three-toed;
Three-toed's
Nest,
and after much labor, got one young bird,
ready ready to leave the nest. The nest was
about a foot deep chiselled in hard wood, and there
was a dead bird in the nest, evidently about
a week dead, with no means of ascertaining
the cause of its demise. Went to get Mr.
Swarth's Wright Flycatcher's nest, the old bird
Flycatcher's
Notes:
distinguishable by her "whit, whit" very soft,
the Hummerd J - "chebee, che-bee" and the
Alder - "whit-tu, whit-tu", in comparison.
One egg was so near ready to hatch that it broke
as being touched, so we left the two eggs and
single old bird. Worked all afternoon putting up the
two rabbits, while Mr. Swarth put up all the flailers etc.
Hunted for the stray "wild-dog" around camp
this evening, and after a long hunt came back
to find him in camp, but I was unable to shoot
on account of all the horses, etc. He stole fifty pounds,