Catalogue and species accounts, v1302
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A. Good 1980 Journal E mi E Anthony Plz, 1960m, Menderino Co., Calif. [ET. 23N, R. 10W, SWTrec. 15] 23 June Up at 0630. Weather clear with fog in valleys, windy, cold. I went out to check the 4 snap traps I set out the night before and found 2 Peromyscus. I then returned to the camper, pulsed up my gun and went out collecting - shot 2 Fox Sparrows (a pair) and 2 Mt. Chickadees. I returned to the camper ca. 0730 by which time Bob + Susan had gotten up. Bob + I prepared tissues from the birds and we then had breakfast. We went out collecting again ca. 0900. By this time the wind had lessened, I got 5 Chickadees and 1 Fox Sparrow and returned c. 1030. From then on until ca. 1800 we prepared the backlog of birds that had accumulated (skinning + making skeletons). After this Susan gathered wood to cook supper with and I went out to reset the snap traps near a small stream with lots of corn lily. In the vicinity. We ate supper ca. 1900 and Bob and Susan went back to finishing Bob's Sparrows while I did the chickadees. This state of affairs is still going on at the time of writing. I now am going to make a list of things we need to pick up in town tomorrow and then, I hope, I will go to bed. Susan felt slightly under the weather this morning, but got better + is OK now. While setting out the snap traps this evening, I was set upon by juncoes undoubtedly because of the