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March
30
12
Red-tail must could be seen
on the cliff 100 ft. Above us.
One Blue Heron was observed
fishing in the stream standing
mostly the whole length of
its legs in the water. At
the sight of us it took off
with a low squawk & flew
down the canyon.
One note of a Ruby-crowned
Kinglet was heard.
There are a good many Red-
shafted Flickers about and no
trils to nest in (except an
occasional Juniperus utahensis).
They prefer to nest in holes
in the cliffs. One was seen
entering a small hole & I presume
that many of the smaller holes
have been "white-washed" in this
manner. Some of the holes
seem to be very sound; perhaps
some of the digging was done
by the birds themselves. Other
birds are also forced to nest
in the cliffs due to the other types
of nesting sites being at a premium.
Such birds are the Sparrow Hawks,
Thrush, Mourning Dove & Black-b.
Magpie.
We climbed out of the canyon
by a ladder farther downstream
and crossed down again & photod
a Marmot habitat.
We picked up and left
by 1:00. At the house of the custaber