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Hendry Creek, 9,100ft., 1/2 mi. E of Marian, White Pine Co., Colorado
Lee Arnold
1937
June 25, be picked up from the water. A third
distinct habitat is the aspen groves
of the flats and lower hillsides. These
seem to have little mammal life save
for Peromyscus which seem to know
no particular habitat in this region.
These groves are frequent by
browsing and resting Odocoileus
hemionus and on one occasion I saw
a Grouse with five small chicks
foraging beneath the aspens. It is true
that aspens, although not thick are
scattered among the meadows and
sagebrush flats of the lowlands. The fourth
typical habitat consists of the
mixed pine and fir forests of the
side hills and upper canyons where
they have not been logged. Although
I have not trapped this area I
have collected Callospermophilus
and Eutamias quadrivittatus in it.
Higher up on the hillsides this habitat
gives way to one composed primarily
of limber pine and fir. The only
mammal I have seen in this region is
Callospermophilus. I have this region--
that is on the top of Mt. Marion is
only too sparse ground clinging