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H. Twining
1935
Salmon Creek. 8 miles W. Rogerson
Twin Falls Co. Idaho May 16, 1935.
This morning Aldrich and I left early
and picked up a trap line set the night
before in a shallow canyon west of the
dam. I had set my traps along the base
of a rocky ledge and in the rocky talus
below in hopes of catching more Wood Rats,
but out of 9 traps I got 3 mice - 1 Peromyscus m. sonoriensis, and 2 Peromyscus c.
crinitus. The 2 Peromyscus crinitus were the only
ones put up.
We dropped down into the canyon and
again looked for the Horred Owl's nest. We
found the ledge but it was entirely inaccessible
from below, and at best a very dangerous
rope-down from above. We threw rocks
into the hole with no response, so left
it and continued down the canyon.
We took a shot at a Horred Owl
flying up the canyon with no success, but
the shots did succeed in arousing a pair
of Prairie Falors and a Red Tailed Hawk
and both flew about above our heads
screaming frequently. A Red Shafted Flicker
also frightened by the shot flew from a
hole in the cliff about 15 feet from
the base. The hole extended too far in to
see the nest.
A flock of Lead Colored Bush Tits added
a new bird to the life list of both of us.
We returned to camp in time to pack up
and leave by noon. We stopped at the dam
long enough to [illegible] say goodbye to the
genral keeper then left for Twin Falls. As we
were leaving the yard we noticed a bird