Cynomys field notes, v1407
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Koford 148 Cynomys ludovicianus June 29, 1955 Wind Cave Nat'l Park S. Dakota. distant, One C.l., 75 yds. away, stood atop 1½' tall stump, 6" diam., 75 yds. at ledges. Badgers seemed not to be hunting C.l. walked into prairie. I caught prairie dog in live trap at humourus where 5 juveniles seen yesterday (50's. of stake 1/3. area 95-96% favorable, but saw Amblyseius opuntiae, Potentilla. A dead. in steel trap in area Y, 100 yds. S. of Ward A, where juveniles taken yesterday. Pseudotsuga menziesii, Arctostaphylos uva-ursi, Brown's Creek, Festuca octoflora, Lappula, Astragalus bisulcatus, near site. In area Z, bottom, saw 3 grown + 4 juveniles. In cleft a female (mule deer) and another to an hole, a large one + 3 juveniles. To another juvenile, mauled & pulled out, who did not seem to mind. In the area where much background, digging 1 to 3" deep at lower Sphaerocarpos - shell of a digipede in hole (dig for larvae?). Near burrow their lawn + generally without brood, presumably due to C.l. activity. I visited eagle nest 200 yds. W. of W. and Shirttail town. Under it when sferement fell I found a neat ball of hair (saved for spore) + old C.l. shell. From cliff top pon seen interest; no food remains seen in it. One eaglet, nearly grown. Both parents flew when area viewed. In Ward A most C.l. (4) seen in region of stake 1/3 g/m, where it mounds large. Near there two groups pite about 4" deep, as old C.l. digging for plant. These in circular patches about 10' diam. + possibly formerly associated with thistle bars. Area W apparently unoccupied now. Fritillaria biflora + higher than near currently used burrows. I saw are eating tip 2" of cut Chenopodium (album ?-saved). At now, carrying tip 10', finally dropping it. A Chenop. (album-dele; saved), in Ward B some twigs cut in patches by C.l. (may be leptophyllum). June 21, 1955. Clear a.m. but clouding. Near our camp two burrows at giraffe. One close to mounds, sigranum Brassica japonica stalks cut short, the rest of them, & seeds taken from heads. Mainly central core upright