Shoak John 1991 37. journal Dorlittte Ranch, 3/4 mile downstream from confluence of Sapello & Mora Rivers, Mora Co., New Mexico. Elevation 6800 feet June 26-29 map of SE portion of Dorlittte Ranch: (cont) ATSF RAILROAD N TO RANCH HEADQUARTERS DIRT RD. 1/4 MILE MORA RIVER - NET SITES FIELDS DENSELY COVERED E HERBACEOUS GROWTH SHELTER BELT RIPARIAN GRASSES CAMP SHELTER BELT MORA RIVER On June 27, I started running my nets at 05:30 and had very poor luck netting goldfinches. I caught a good number of birds in the morning, but only one of these was a Lesser gold- finch. I did get a clue about the perpetrator of the predation in the mist net yesterday. In one of my nets was trapped a 3 American Kestrel; next to him in the net was a dead and torn juvenile House Finch. I later caught probably the same bird in the same net, with frightened songbirds of several species in the same net, but out the kestrel's reach. I moved two nets twice during the afternoon, and relocated all four just before sunset. In moving one of these from, I flushed an E. King- bird off its nest, which contained four 1/2-gm-nestlings.