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10.
Pinyon and Sagebrush. They foraged
low through the trees, and spent some
time among the Purshia and Artemisia.
At no time did one forage over four
feet above the ground. I collected a female!
Two Chipping Sparrows flew into the
brush from a Pinyon Tree. I shot one
from its perch on the top of a
Purshia tridentata. Cliff Chipmunk,
Eutamias dorsalis, were present throughout
the Pinyon and Juniper, usually among the rocks.
I arrived back at camp in time to
have supper and to set out some traps.
I set out eight mouse traps, two
rat-mouse traps, and two Gopher traps.
The mouse traps were distributed through
the thick Artemisia-Chrysothamnus near
camp along the creek. I placed the
rat-mouse traps in situations where I
thought the Least Chipmunk, Eutamias
minimus, might find them. The gopher
traps were set in vertical gopher burrows
in the meadow. Most of the gopher
workings were old there, but there
were two fresh holes, and it was here
that I set the traps.
At dusk I searched for bats along
the willows near the creek. I didn't
see any bats but several Nighthawks
were foraging over the meadow.
I set up the bat hair-net across