Kawich Expedition field journal, v4293
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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