Field notes, v672
Page 83
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A. Feather. Jan. 23, 1934. Colorado R., 31 mi. N, 2 1/2 mi. W Camp Mohave, Mohave Co., Arizona. (cont.) and back upon the road. This labor consumed the entire afternoon. After our efforts had been attended by success, I cooked dinner and washed the dishes. The late evening was spent in writing notes. Jan. 24, 1934. As soon as I had completed my work attending the preparation of breakfast, I went to see about my traps. One beaver trap had been sprung and pulled out to the end of the "drowning wire". I presume that the trap had caught the animal by the belly, and that it had easily become freed. Considerable tension had been placed upon the fastening, but not enough to have freed an animal's foot. Another trap had been rendered ineffective by a cave-in of the bank. The third trap had not been disturbed. I re-set the one trap and moved and re-set the other one. My coyote setting had not been disturbed. I returned to camp, took four no. 2 traps and what few mice and rat bodies there were for bait, and set the traps out south of camp. The weather was adverse for bird hunting. An overcast sky and a cold north wind kept the birds in dense cover. During a walk of 3 to 4 miles, I saw only an Abut Fowler.