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1991
journal
Chew Kaul, adjacent to Quarry Section of Dinosaur National Monument
Uinta Co., Utah. Elevation 5000 ft.
June 11-14 near the confluence of Cub Creek and Green River, near my first
(cont) camp site. Just before dark, this net became filled with birds:
mourning doves, a black-chinned hummingbird, ash-throated
flycatcher, cliff & barn swallows, house wrens, robins, a
warbling vireo, a Virginia's warbler, yellow-warblers, an
American redstart, several lazuli hunting, lark sparrows,
cardinals, many love finches, and house sparrows. How
quickly the net filled, I can only guess, since I was gone
45 minutes closing up my nets in the south part of the
ranch. I was still pulling birds out of the net at 22:30!
I finished, then went to town to get ice for my cooler.
June 15 weather: much colder this morning, about 40-45°F
at sunrise. There was a light breeze ~2 mph out of NE; there
were a few clouds on W. horizon at dawn. Clouds disappeared
quickly and stayed away until late afternoon. Much less
humid today. High temp about 85°F. Steadier NE winds
~5mph began 12:30. One thundercloud passed close to S at
18:40 associated gusty 15-25 mph winds for about 25 min.
Clear skies, light breeze at sunset.
June 16
I slept in this camp getting up at 6:30, opening the
south nets, then moving the sun-exposed net from the
upper part of the ranch back to BLM land, so that I
could spend the morning checking nets there and in the canyon
riparian setting of the southern portion of the Chew Ranch. I
setted lesser goldfinches at long intervals during the day.
In mid-afternoon, I saw a & lesser goldfinch fly to a nest