Arizona field notes, v4429
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May 30. Will and Howard went to Fairbanks after supplies. I stayed in camp, skinning bird all day, and there was no collecting done. An Oliv-sided Flycatcher stayed on a dead tree in the camp, all day. May 31. Rising went collecting in Cari's Canon. He found a nest of Cow's Flycatcher and one of Red-faced Warbler building, and shot a Band-tailed Pigeon but got no eggs. In the afternoon the others returned from Fairbanks. They shot four Scaled Quail, two Black-throated Sparrow, an Arizona Pyrrhuloxia, a White-winged and a Mexican Ground Dove, and a White-crowned Sparrow (Gonotrichia leucophrys). They took two sets of Least Tires, each with a Cowbird's egg in it. They saw a number of Dwarf Cowbirds; some in the mouth of the canon, where they also saw a flock of Scaled Quail. In the San Pedro River they saw some ducks and a White-faced Glossy Ibis. June 1. I skinned the birds that were brought in yesterday, while Will and Howard went up the canon, and Rising went to Cari's Canon. Will took a set of Virginia Warbler with the female bird, and also shot a Broad-tailed Hummingbird. They saw some warblers, they were unable either to shoot or identify, and saw two Great Horned Owls, with a lot of Arizona Jays after them. There are not as many Jays around the camp as there were. I suppose the Cari's Jays go down the canon, where there are