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fishing
1935
Salmon Cr. To Hagerman, Idaho
May 16, 1935
hanging on the wire fence and recognized it as a Green Tailed Towhee - a new bird for the district list.
Between Rogerson and Twin Falls three Sage Hens - 1 male and two females - flew in front of the car and out into the sage. We stopped and gave chase but found that they could run nearly as fast as we. During the chase we did however flush two Sage & Thrashers, which flew just in front of us giving us good looks at the light back and spotted breast. On the way back to the car I had the good luck to down a large jackrabbit with the 16 gauge shotgun providing meat for supper and a skull for the collection.
Several species of Citellus oreganus were secured along the roadside in the vicinity of Rogerson. Citellus mollis was seen in the sage but not collected.
We arrived in Twin Falls at about 4:30, left an hour or so later and drove down the Snake River to a point where the road crosses the River about 2 miles East of Hagerman. Here we made camp on the north side of the River on the edge of the willow-cottonwood border of the river in the open, sandy Artemesia covered plains. No traps were set out this evening. The diving note of the Wilson Snipe was heard at dusk and Horned and Screech Owls were heard after dark.
May 17 1935 - 2 mi E. Hagerman - Gooding Co.
Without the thought of traps in the morning sun to bother us, we slept late this morning and ate a leisurely breakfast. Birds proved to