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K Dixon
1947
Journal.
84.
July 6.
2 mi E Shriver, 6500 ft, Carbon Co., Montana.
Ground among scattered willows at junction
of streams marshy with grasses and low sedges.
Heard Long Sparrows singing and collected a juvenile.
Noted 3 Lazuli Buntings singing and saw one F.
Followed an Empidonax flycatcher as it flew
from one singing post on dead branches at
top of willows to another. Song suggestive of
Western Flycatcher. Took this bird, O, no 117.
Noted pair of Yellow Warblers in willow thickets,
thc M singing but never had a clear shot. Noted
several singing Long Sparrows but never was
afforded a chance to take any. Heard Redwing
and Krumit Thrush in area as well as
Yellowthroat. Shot at and missed Tolmie
Warbler 3. Attracted Black-capped Chickadee
by squeaking and took bird, a male no 119.
Saw young Thamnothis crawling across cowpath
4 feet wide, a few feet from willows and running
creek. 8:00 AM, clear, sunny. Returned to camp
noting 2 Downy Woodpecker on aspen trunk but
had shotgun difficulties and could not collect
bird.
July 7.
2 mi E Shriver, 6500 ft, Carbon Co., Montana.
Partly cloudy (cirrus and cirro-stratus,
black in west) as I left camp at 5:10 AM; slight
southerly breeze soon increased to 8 mph and