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R Dixon
1947
Journal
July 15. 2 mi NE Cooke, 8500 ft., Park Co. Montana.
Set 3 in fallen timber near forest and 15 in
meadow + edge of forest all along stream.
Collected Picoides tridactyla in spruce
fir forest.
July 16. 2 mi NE Cooke, 8500 ft., Park Co., Montana.
Cloudy and unsettled; had rained during
night. Ran traplines 06:15-06:45. (caught
Zapune (? no 171) in trap on willow (dwarf)
bordered stream in meadow, 25 yards below
trap sites where this species taken on previous
days. Caught Microtus (no 170) in similar
situation on a lower meadow. Both take at
water's edge.
Went into deep forest of spruce and fir and
used Horned Owl calls - only response was from
Golden-crowned Kinglets. In another location
I hissed repeatedly and called up Juncoes,
Chickadees (mountain), Ruby-crowned Kinglets,
Audubon Warbler (took ?, no 174) and Clipping
Sparrow. Collected Cutamiae (? no 173) on
log in clearing in vicinity where Hermit Thrush
was singing. Collected Lincoln Sparrow singing
from spf fir tree (?, no 172).
Hailstorm of brief duration in afternoon, clearing
weather in evening. Reset 41 traps in essentially
the same sites as on July 15.