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Leelamond
1937 Warm Spring, 4,000 ft., 9 mi. E Amedee, Lassen Co, Calif.
Itinerary
May 27 been warm and clear. It is interesting to note that English Sparrows are common in this out of the way locality. Yesterday I observed a pair mating on barbed wire fence. For the last two evenings I have heard coyotes howling. Other carnivores of the region have not been noted. I saw Bobcat tracks south of the alfalfa patch in the soft mud yesterday.
Fitch found some old gopher workings about a mile south of camp in a meadow resulting from the water overflow. He & Johnson set traps but as yet have caught nothing. The attendant here on the ranch says that he has caught two gophers since he has been on the place (7 yrs.). Yesterday I saw Western Kingbirds carrying nesting materials.
May 28 Horse Canyon, 5,800 ft., NW Tehrum Pk, Washoe Co, Nevada. Yesterday at noon we left Warm Spring enroute for Fox Mountain (alias Tehrum Peak). We went by way of Flannigan and Pyramid. Between Warm Spring & Flannigan were great numbers of Citellus mollis. This seems to be the height of their season of activity. We stopped at Pyramid, which is just west of Pyramid Lake and asked as to how to get to Tehrum Peak (Fox Mountain). The man there informed us that the north side was the most likely place and told us how to get to Horse Canyon. After a stop at Round Hole for gas we cut