Cynomys field notes, v1407
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Roford 28 Journal April 23, 1955 Larimer C, Colo. Very strong wind. Much blowing dust. Took 4 Cypryngs from steel traps. Office work. April 24, 1955. Visited colony near Loveland. Talked with James Cole at Estes Park. Cloudy but not cold. April 25, 1955 Partly cloudy, mod. wind, not cold. Took up, traps N. of Wondy, taking 2 aviculae, 4 shot 2 was in area. Nr. Ft. Collins Colo. April 26, 1955. Observed Cypryngs on wheat field. Shot two. Cyanid carcinoma to date. Saw 1 Butto Locule. April 27, 1955 Albany C, Wyoming. Visited Cypryngs Lawrence colony near Sheep Mtns., 20 mi. W. of Laramie, 4. Observed mounds thin with Victor Schaeffer and John Ritzner. Talked with Richard Heard, Wm. Laycock, and Alan Beetle, range men of Univ. Wyoming at Laramie. Windy 4 overnight. Light snow near Sheep Mtns. April 28, 1955 Nr. Ft. Collins Colo. Dweltight Cypryngs in wheat field. Shot 3. Set 7 steel traps in wheat field. Cyanid carcinoma. Very windy morning, clear 6 o'clock, April 29, 1955 Took 2 Cypryngs in steel traps. Spent midday mapping at CPER. Windy, overcast, but warm. Much dust in air. I saw a Raptor musculetus at CPER, near fence in open range. Near Nunn saw 2 apparent Sturnia hawks. Lecocerium flowering on near Ft. Collins. Ft. Collins & Greeley, Colo. April 30, 1955. Shot 2 Cypryngs 07:07 near Ft. Collins. Took a baby Bromypnum marcellitus in live traps set by Chrysotomus buck in Cypryngs colony area. Spent midday at Greeley, at Colorado-Wyoming Acad. Sci. meeting. Checked 3 steel traps evening; no catch.