Cynomys field notes, v1407
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Koford 36 Journal June 20, 1955 Wind Gve Not / Park S. Dak. Clean, dry, & at midday windy. Counted Cyprys. Tropics sparring two two. Visited vicinity eagle nest. Photographed. Saw 2 lodgers. Near cliff of eagle nest many violet-green swallowes & white-throated swifts. June 21, 1955 Made counts Cyprymps. Visited some other colonies in park & staked out census areas. Thunderstorm in afternoon with rain + some hail. June 22, 1955 To Ft. Collins, Colo. Drove via Torrington to Ft. Collins. On way to lunch, musttell Melilotus in yellow flower along roadbanks. Stripe counts now busted out & conspicuous along right of way. June 23, 1955. Office work. Warm day. Thunderstorms p.m. June 24, 1955. Made counts & ground surveys some local colonies. Found nest of mourning dove on ground near shrub a baby killdeer Two young caused with feathers. June 25, 1955. Continued counts & inspection local colonies. Warm day, overcast. Rain evening. NW Weld Co., Colo. June 26, 1955. Visited CPER Cyprymps colony. Counted dogs, inspected town, staked new burnows. Warm, overcast with sprinkle in mid-afternoon. Saw 2 Swainson hawks near Well- ington. Nest near Nunn shows no recent activity, last piece of eggshell on ground below. 30 mph wind on plains late afternoon. June 27, 1955. Warm, partly overcast, calm. Bickler & Bout- alone now new heads a sedatele; Agropyron smithii rarely does heads now. Sphaeralcea & Opuntia in full bloom. Office work. In late afternoon visited baby field colony S. of Ft. Collins June 28, 1955 To Fraser, Colo. Departed Ft. Collins 7 a.m. with Victor Scheffler, Fd wildlife Service, & drove to Denver. Talked with Robinson, Welch & visitor David E.