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. Feathers.
Jan. 22, 1934
Colorado R., 31 mi. N, 2½ mi. W
Camp Mohave, Mohave Co., Arizona.
( cont.)
which appeared to have been recently used.
The traps were both arranged to drown the
animal, if caught.
Numerous coyote and cottontail (Sylvilagus
auduboni) tracks were seen near the river.
I retired to camp as dusk approached and
cooked dinner and washed the dishes.
Jan. 23, 1934.
I arose at daylight and with Dr. Benson
went to look at the beaver traps. I was
rather disappointed to find that no beaver
had visited them. We returned to camp
and I cooked breakfast and washed the
dishes.
I took three no. 3 traps to make a setting
for coyotes and went down to the river.
In the interval between my first and second
visits to the river, the banks had been under-
mined to the extent that a considerable
amount of earth had fallen upon my traps.
I therefore moved them to better location.
I made the coyote setting, and then
walked south along the river, looking for
birds. I saw a cactus woodpecker, seven
sage sparrows and heard a wren.
After I had returned to camp and had
lunch, the entire party commenced the
task of getting the truck out of the sand