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KDixon
1949
Journal
28.
April 25. Sawmill, 27 mi. NE Globe, 5000 ft. Gle 60., Ariz.
The chipmunk then ran along a fallen sapling perpendicular
to the road and took a circular course back in the direction
from which he had come. The distance 95 yards may represent
minimum diameter of this individual's home range.
See F.A. Pitelka's notes for complete bird list for locality.
April 26. Calm warm morning after a warm night; completely overcast.
Birds very quiet. We proceeded to break camp and left by
8:30 AM. I found a porcupine skull (cranium only) in
sand beside the stream.
Noted an Osprey on road below the ranger station. We
drove NW on dirt road toward U.S. Hwy 60. As we
went up out of basin we came into country which was
largely juniper with some open grassland. Here and
there we saw evidence that juniper is moving into
clearings & meadows (result of disturbance). The
reservation grazing advisor, Wallace E. Smith (trained
at Colo. A&M), spoke of this matter as one of their problems.
He anticipated difficulty in forcing the Araches to cut the
numbers of stock down to a figure which would be compatible
with sustained yield on grassland available. Smith
said that the last cutting in this vicinity took place
in 1934 & 1935. He seemed like a very reliable observer
and a clear thinker on matters pertaining to his field
although his knowledge of vertebrates is not extensive. He
had seen few deer here (2 white-tails & one mule deer
since Feb. 1, 1949)
At one point along this road (Sycamore Tank)