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June9 The ground, in the shade, by the feeder,
(ont'd) she came down, I recorded at
shot her (bird 579).
In the late afternoon I drove from
Spring Creek Pass to Lake City and
N on 149 to the junction with Hwy 50,
which I took W. I drove to
Grand Junction and stayed at a
motel.
June10 I remained at the motel in Grand
Junction until about 11am, when I
finished stuffing all of the skins
I had. From there, I drove W
on Interstate 70 through Utah
and into Nevada, where I continued
on Hwy 50 towards Reno. The
weather was sunny, but mountains
had significant clouds at probably
rain. By evening I was driving
through the Toiyabe Range area where
it was raining at I had good
views of a magnificent lightning
storm. I stopped to catch a
nap under the full moon around
Frenchman, Nevada.
June11 I started driving again before
sunrise, at it was 6:00 am when