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May 16.
Salmon Cr. Reservoir, Twin Falls Co. to
2 mi. E. Hagaman Gooding Co., Idaho
Collected trapline at sunrise
below the dam. Little luck was
had. We climbed down in the
canyon and looked for the
Horned Owl's nest at the base
of which Davis found the young
(Chop Chop). We found the nest with
difficulty but couldn't get to
it. Many pellets & bones were
below including many skus
skeletons where they probably had
fallen from the top of the canyon.
At the bottom of the "V" shaped
canyon in the willows I sawma
a pair of Lead-colored Bush-tits
feeding two young. They were
very similar to the Coast Bush-
tit & gave the same notes.
A close view of a Warbling
Vince had nearby.
A Junco was heard here also,
giving its song much the same
as the Oregon Junco in Calif.
Farther down the canyon could
be heard the cries of Prairie-floors
We went downstream away &
unsuccessfully shot at a
flying Horned Owl. This brought
the falcons & a pair of Red-tailed
Hawks "to their senses". They were
all circling low over us and
screaming! They stopped doing this
after 35 minutes of it. The