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Bog
Itinerary
1934
July 5th Cont'd - not disturbed and no tracks near.
July 6th Hunted birds this morning 10 1/2 mi S
Morrington, W. Walker River, Lyon Co., Nev.
Birds seen but not already recorded in
itinerary or Catalogue: Bush-tit, Navy?
woodpecker. 3 Steel traps across river
from Camp un molested.
This camp was located along side
of the river on relatively low sandy
ground. There were numerous Cotton
woods and willows along the bank
with Atriplex back from the river.
The valley was two or three hundred
yards wide at this point narrowing
to a gorge about 1/4 mile [illegible] west of
the camp. Stony and gravelly ridges
rose in succession to the main ridges
perhaps 800 to 1000 ft above the river.
Several irrigation ditches are on
each side of the river - with
cottonwoods and willows on either bank.
The river itself had a fairly rapid fall
with rocky bottom in most place altho
[illegible] and there in quieter parts the
bottom and shores were sandy. Birds
were fairly numerous in the trees
and willows near the river. Soon tracks
were observed at several places along