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Twining
1935
Salmon Cr. Reservoir 8 mi. W. Rogerson
Twin Falls Co Idaho May 14, 1935
in the canyon bottom. I secured a specimen
and identified it that night as a Wright
Flycatcher.
A colorful sight was presented by a male
Bullock Oriole pursuing a male Western
Tanager through the dense willows near
the stream.
A male Broad Tailed Hummer, the first
I had ever seen fed on a clump of flower-
ing Ribes nearby as I noted its character-
istics. Callipe Hummers were heard but
not seen.
A pair of Water Ouizels were found
about a mile down the canyon. Later one
was heard singing and I watched it feed-
ing on the insects just below the water
line on the border of the stream. Great
Blue Herons (2) were also seen fishing
in the larger ponds below.
Song Sparrows (phallax) and Juncos (subsp.)
were feeding on the willow border. Both
were few in numbers as only a pair
of each was found.
May 15, 1935
Set two dozen traps on the rocky point east
of the dam. Caught 2 Neotoma (sp.), 1 Perognathus
p. olivaceos, and 4 Reithrodontomys megalotis (sp?)
Several Peromyscus were not put up. Skinned
all morning and in the afternoon went Marmot-
hunting with Aldrich. He got another small
one making three half-sized Marmots collected
since we have been here.
We dropped down into the canyon and looked