Field notes, v1701
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ings. We awoke this morning and found ourselves a short distance from the steep banks of the Snake River, and bounded on either side by massive cliffs 150 to 200 feet high. Rock Wrens were singing from the talus slopes below the cliffs, and the young of Prairie Falcons could be heard squawking from a ledge somewhere on the cliff. I saw a pair of Marmots on a rocky slope on the river bank. Fosters Teens a pair of Cinnamon Teal, and a pair of Wallards were on the river. A Pel Lilled Grebe gave an extended series of calls near shore. Great Blue and Night Herons both were flying above the waters. We packed and left immediately, ate breakfast in King Hill, and continued toward Rupert, collecting Citellus idahoensis along the way. We stopped to collect on the G.P. Ranch 11 miles west of King Hill and although no Citellus or Marmots were seen, we did collect a large lizard which looked somewhat like Crotaphytus but with a different arrangement of spots. We kept the specimen for identification. A lone Western Towager was seen out in the sage near the ranch evidently stopping here while migrating northward. Davis collected a Pacific Wighthawk near the river below the ranch. We stopped at Rupert for several hours, then continued toward the mountains which already seemed close by. We collected a pair of Citellus oreganus in the foot hills then climbed toward Mount Harrison above. We watched the transition from sage to Utah Jumper, then to Douglas Fir. Red Fir and Aspen came next then dense groves of Lodgepole Pine on the hillsides with Aspens in the stream bottom. The streams became large and