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Bellevue, Blaine Co. Idaho Dec 25, 1935
by a thick growth of aspen. A flock
of 8 Redpolls were found feeding
on the seeds of The birds were
calling with fine almost lisping calls and
were continually flying from the trees to the ground. At the sound of a shot the whole
flock scattered but soon resumed their
feeding in another location. The bird shot
was so mutilated by the shot I doubt
whether I can make a skin of it. In the
same place I located a flock of about 7
Chickadees which seemed to be composed
of half Mountain and half Black-
Capped Chickadees. The Black Capped were
somewhat larger and lacked the white
line over the eye.
December 26, 1936.
While pitching alfalfa out in the pasture
this morning I found the opportunity to
broach the rather delicate subject of sheep
men vs. wild life with Mr. Head. Head
has lived in this country running sheep for
more than 25 years. Before 1930
he owned more than 18,000 sheep and
an enormous amount of land in the hills
south of Hailey. In the last few years