C.CEEBLOE 1956 NEOTOMA FUSCIAES APRIL 14 SPARROWBERRY CANYON, ANAMOSA CO, COLF. (Cont) MORE OR LESS RECENT DROPPINGS + MANY MUCH OLD "HUMUS" APPARENTLY FROM DECOMP OF OLD PELTETS . FLORAE PELTETS ABOUT 6 IN ARELDS DEEP IN THIS AND HUMUS FOUND 1 ENSIOTOMA X SCHWENDY + 1 BRADPHEN POTENTIALUS . NEST SITUATED BUILT AROUND A DROOPING SYMPHOCARPUS GROWING AT APPROX NEST LEVEL) BUSH WITH MAYBE 15 STONKS, NEST WAS DIFFICULT TO TEAR APART BECAUSE OF THIS BUSHES BRANCHES ROMIFYING THRU IT FROM TOP TO BOTTOM MANY BEETLES + BUGS FOUND OUT NEST IN HUMUS + STICKS, SPROWING BAY FRUIT FOUND. ON 2ND LEVEL LARGE CHAMBER POUND RUNNING BACK RIGHT INTO DIRT. FOUND FAIRLY FRESH CUTTINGS OF PINES LIVE OAK AND SYMPHAE + AN UNIDENTIFIED TREE TWO IN THE VARIOUS PASSAGEWAYS. NEAREST PINE + OAK + PINE 25-35 FT AWAY, MANY WONDER KNOW WHY NO BAY FRUITS FOUND. A FEW WERE SPREWING, DOWN BELOW 2ND LEVEL NEST IS LOOSE HUMUS NOT TOO MANY STICKS, MAYBE OLD STICKS HAD JUST DECOMPSED. BY 3RD LEVEL HUMUS QUITE DRY IN CENTER OF NEST. NO TUNNELS FOUND SO FAR LEADING INTO (OR OUT INTO BETWEEN DIRT OF HILLSIDE . ALSO FOUND SMALL (1 1/2 FT SQUARE) NEST IN SPOARBERY(?) TREE. PAINT TARZ, INTO IT + FOUND OAK IT INSIDE.