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Crickson
1934
Tinajas Altas
12.
mouth of canyon [illegible] base of mountain and back
on wash.
Jan. 18. Catch 3 Ceromyza cremice near base of
mountains; soil coarse gravel with some fines parts
to dig in.
rather hard; softer sand in run off gullies. Heard
Thorned Owl hooting around 9:30 last evening, answered?
by wind scream. Have not heard liquid trill
song since last mentioned; was this a migrating
individual that stopped over? Inatecatchers have
been heard nearly everyday, hummingbirds (all of
same species as specimen as far as observed, no
males seen) and Verdins commonly; Say Phoebe
commonly and Myiarchus teneraeiens once or
twice beside this specimen taken. Unidentified
woodpecker glimpsed twice. No quail seen or
heard, although they were said by people in
Kelton to be common at the Tank.