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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