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June 11
1991
Journal
Claw Ranch adjacent to Quarry Section of Dinosaurs National Monu-
mment, Uinta Co., Utah. Elevation 5000 ft.
June 11-17 Bullock's Oriole American Goldfinch
(coit) House Finch House Sparrow
Lesser Goldfinch
mammals: small-med. fat sp. Sylvus Californicus
large fat sp. Sylvilagus sp.
Mephitis mephitis - DOE Odocoileus hemionus
Urocyon Equus
Canis latrons Bos
unknown sp
golden-mantled ground squirrel
Never Sink, Curecanti National Recreation Area, approx 12 miles W.
Gunnison, Gunnison Co., Colorado. Elevation [illegible] ft.
June 18 This day was mainly a scouting day en route to Canon City,
Colorado. Over night, with a couple stops for maps, I travelled
from the Claw Ranch back to Jensen, Utah, then west on U.S.
Highway 40 to Dinosaur, Colorado, where I turned south on
Colorado State Highway 64, passing through Rangely (where I
saw a person standing on the road edge a few miles past
Rangely) to pick up State Highway 13 south to Interstate Highway
70 at Rifle, then proceeding west to Grand Junction, then
southeast on US 50 to Montrose and just beyond. Then (at dawn)
I turned N. on State Highway 347 for a brief look at the Black
Canyon of the Gunnison National Monument (where among many
birds I saw two active nests of Peregrines). Once back to Highway 50,
I turned east, passing through Cortez and Cimarron to Never