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Koford 1955
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Journal
March 14, 1955
N. Ft. Collins, Colo.
Examined specimens. Clear in morning but overcast, cold, & light snow
in afternoon. Light Cogswellia shoots to 1" above ground now.
March 15, 1955. Light fall of wet snow all day, little calm. Result
of storm was 7" snow, = 10" water, this area; most water of any
storm this season.
March 16, 1955. Overcast most of day but nearly clear 11-1 p. m. &
weak melting of snow. Searched for Cynomya tricolor, stalked and burned
ours, photographed tricolor in snow.
March 17, 1955 Clear morning but overcast & light snow afternoon.
Visited Wellington Cynomya colony & Spring Canyon Dam colony.
March 18, 1955
N. Larimer & NW Weld Co., Colo.
Visited colony 9 mi. N. Wovely & shot 5 Cynomya ludoviciana.
Shot are in separate colony. Set 15 live traps at CPER colony
& observed briefly thus. Returned to Ft. Collins, checked traps at
Spring Canyon Dam & sunset there. Warm clear day & weak calm.
March 19, 1955
Ft. Collins & CPER, Weld Co.,
Examined specimens until noon. In afternoon checked &
shot traps at CPER Cynomya colony. Baldwin collected 3
juniors & a tire sparrow at CPER. Saw Falco sparverius, Buteo
jugger, many Otoconia. At nest came on 4 Lepus
townsendi together,
March 20, 1955 Snow last night & lightly all day, rather
(7½" total in storm, at Ft. C.)
Wet, to about 3" deep. Examined caracaras & loras.
March 21, 1955 To Denver, Colo.
-6°F. min. at night
Clear but cold (4°F. at 8 a.m. in Ft. C.). Drove to Boulder & talked
with Norgs Rodecki & Paul Mosler, getting most information from Mr.
[illegible]. Then drove to Denver & stayed at motel west of city.