Field notes, v1701
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"Twining 1935 Salmon Creek, 8 mi. West [illegible] Twin Falls County Idaho. May 13, 1935. Arrived at Salmon Creek Dam after a days travel from Winnemucca at nightfall. Flushed two female Magarones as we arrived, close to shore and during. We made camp about 100 yds from the lake, about 200 yds south of the dam. Heard Poorwills and Horned Owls calling as we made camp, and after we turned in. May 13, 1935 After breakfast at about 9:00 started down the east side of the lake. Canyon Wrens were singing on the low cliffs opposite, and south of camp. A Western Sparrow was heard in full song, singing from a clump of [illegible] close to shore. Brown Sparrows were found restricted to flanks of 4 or 5 usually in the valleys or dips, where the Artemisia was a little more dense. Shot a male Ruby-crowned Knight in the first valley south of camp. He was foraging in the Artemisia, showing none of the character- istic nervous wing flipping but appearing more like a Sutton Doves. In the same [illegible] locality a male was collected while singing its whirry won-like song on the top of a dead Artemisia. A pair of [illegible] circling over the cliffs on the second point south of the dam showed great concern when I approached the top of the high cliffs just above the lake. I discovered the nest from below, set in a crack below an outcrop