June 20, 1953, Saturday 29 grasses in the wet places of the high meadows. Vegetation as it is, there is no water in Scofield Canyon, not even any seeps. Large fields of Artemisia cover some of the hillsides, usually where there is some Cerococcus. Part of the area may be in fire succession. Saw a single Prairie Falcon over the canyon. Ira and Ernie both saw Dusky Grouse. Ira saw a hen with chicks (ca. 5) in the aspen at the base of the cliff, while Ernie saw about 4 adults near the Mt. Mahogany near a meadow. A few Mourning Doves were about the sawmill. An owl, most likely the Long-eared Owl, was attracted to my squeals in the evening while I set out fire bait. Poorwills were commonly heard both in the aspen meadows and on the timber- covered hillsides. Nighthawks were plentiful in the evening. I saw a group of about seven White-throated Swifts chattering over the canyon about 9000'. Broad-tailed Hummingbirds were seen only in the canyons near the dry washes at high elevations. I heard a Red-shafted Flicker in the fir. I shot a Yellow-bellied Sapsucker from a dead fir tree in a mixture of White Fir-Linker Pines