Field notes, v1752
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Journal 72. J 6th 1986 Sagehen Cont'd May 3 three dogs walked past-- they said they saw mountain iron tracks by the stream along a deer path, but we couldn't find the tracks. Found a deer skeleton-- clean and moist-- all parts just about accounted for. Robins may have been breeding -- they were common. A bluebird was heard -- species? taken we found probable. At approximately 15:00 we headed back to the field station -- saw many Eutamias chipmunks on the road on the way back. May 4 We got up with dawn-- the ground was dusted with snow and it was cold. We drove to the same netsite as yesterday but there was an orange VW and Deb said she saw a tent by the stream at that spot. The road was closed ahead so we doubled back to the swampy clear spot about 1/2 way between the first net and hy 89. Here we saw no sign of crossbills all day. Birds of the area included Hairy Woodpecker, R.B. wuthatch (breeding in a "wildlife protection tree")--about 12 ft up --a large