D. Strong 1925 Copy) Mrs. Schenck thought she heard a horned owl tonight CAJON CAÑON June 2, 1925. We all rode down the cañon (about 3 1/2 miles -- thru bad country) to the mouth. Quite a little stock here now. Saw many w.w.doves, etc. Nearly all the giant cactus have holes bored in them, and we saw a few cactus woodpeckers (ladder backed ?). I collected a w. w. dove and a ♂ Valley Quail early this morning -- I hoped the latter would be the Gambel's Quail, but he appears quite ordinary. There are large coveys, no pairs noted, along the stream. Mating more than nesting ap-pears to be the condition of most of the birds. At the entrance to the cañon, near the last water hole we saw sheep low down on the ridge. We rode up within about 150 yds. and Hope and I began shooting -- I thought I was shooting at a buck (ram) but probably it was a doe. As usual in such a case -- we all, in-cluding Manuelo got "mob hysteria", and out of 21 shots at a compar. easy range we killed none! first Mt. Sheep. There were nine in all counted -- about 2 small rams, 1 larger ram five ewes, and one small immature. They bounced easily up