Field catalogue #250-550, journal, and species accounts, v1706

Trochet, John A.
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J. A. Trochet 1991-1992 General Index Catalogue #250 - 550 Journal 1991 Nevada: Elko, White Pine Cos. Utah: Uinta Co. Colorado: Gunnison, Fremont Cos. New Mexico: San Miguel, Mora, McKinley, San Juan Cos. Utah: Washington Co. Calif: Kern, San Bernadino Cos. Arizona: Maricopa, Cochise Cos. New Mexico: Eddy, Grant Cos. 1992 Calif: Shasta Co. Calif: San Bernardino, Los Angeles Cos. Arizona: Maricopa Co. Texas: Hidalgo, Cameron, Kenedy, Travis, Kinney, Jeff Davis, Presidio Cos. Arizona: Maricopa Co. New Mexico: Hidalgo Co. Texas: Presidio, Jeff Davis, Randall, Armstrong Cos. Calif: San Bernardino, Shasta Cos. New Mexico: Hidalgo, Eddy, Socorro Cos. Oregon: Harney Co. Nevada: Elko Co. Arizona: Navajo Co. Species Accounts
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J. A. Trochet 1991-1992 Catalogue #250-550
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Trochet, John 1991 Catalogue On this initial field outing of the 1991 season, I forgot my catalogue from the previous two years. I cannot recall my last entry number, but it was in the 230-240 range, I believe. I am therefore starting this series at #250. Certainly 250 is not a duplicate number. As with last year's entries, the abbreviation "STD" indi- cates standard sex part color appropriate to sex. A reminder of what these are follows. For adult males: iris dark sepia brown; maxilla dark gray, greener proximally, tip black; mandible yellowish-gray proximally, with a dusky tip; anterior gonyx yellow- isk; loze medium-dark grayish brown, lores slightly darker and slightly grayer; Claws medium gray; mouth lining pale yellowish; Throat flesh-pink. For adult females, only bill colors differ: mandib- maxilla ule dull med-dark gray with a darker tip. Mandible all dusky. Variations from these will be noted on individual entries. Other abbrevia-tions: x-except; c-with; f-without; o-otherwise; RR-retained remiges; Ps-primary st Chey Ranch adjacent to Quarry Section of Dinosaur National Monument Uinta County, Utah. Elevation 5000 ft. June 13 250 Male Carduelis palustris 92gm crop empty LT 2.8x2.5 mm RT 2.4x2.0 FAT 2 Sl. Body molt Bill all grayish-green, slightly greener on mandible, except blackish-green distal culmen. Otherwise STD. COMP. SKEL. AD. SK. 251 Male Carduelis palustris 98gm crop with few tiny LT 6.5x6.0 mm RT 5.0x5.0 FAT 2 STD Ad wing Plumage very worn. Left 2nd inner rectrix 1/2 molted in. Green-backed crown type, grayish-green back. COMP. SKEL. AD. SK. 252 Male Carduelis palustris 10.13gm crop empty LT 4.2x4.0 mm RT 3.5x3.2 FAT 1 STD Ad wing Plumage very worn. Green-backed sl. toward black-backed intermediate cape type, slightly grayish green back.
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Trickett, John 1991 Catalogue BLM land along Cub Creek, 1 mile E. of Claw Ranch adjacent to Quarry Section of Dinosaur National Monument, Uinta Co., Utah. Elevation 5000 ft. June 14 253 M Carduelis psaltria 9.3gm RT 5.0x4.8 LT 5.5x5.0mm FAT 2 STDX tan on mark. Plumage fresh. Retained Remiges: RT: 2 1st, 2 2nd; LT: 2 1st, 3 2nd. 254 F Carduelis psaltria 9.1gm L.D. 4.5x6.5 LT 0.8mm FAT 3 STD No R.R. crop filled & tiny yellow 6pfd seeds. Plumage fresh. 255 F Carduelis psaltria 9.4gm FAT 1 STD Old flying tsr corn = 2ago, Claw Ranch adjacent to Quarry Section of Dinosaur National Monument, Uinta Co., Utah. Elevation 5000 ft. June 15 256 M Carduelis tristis 12.1gm LT 3.0 x 2.8 FAT 0- crop 1/2 full, tiny white seeds. Bill bright orange with dusky tip; legs flesh, claws brown; iris dark brown. 257 F Carduelis tristis 13.6gm L.D. 4.5x5.5mm FAT 1 crop with tiny white seeds. molt: moderate in all body tract, incl. crown. Bill dull orange with dusky tip; legs dull fleshy; iris dark brown 258 M Carduelis psaltria 9.8gm RT 5.0x5.0 LT 5.2x5.0 crop empty. FAT 1 STD Old flying Plumage fresh. This bird part of trio at nest. Others include #259, and #260. 259 M Carduelis psaltria 9.3gm RT 3.5x3.0 LT 3.5x3.2mm white 6pfd seeds crop & mark. 1mm FAT O STD RR: BILAD 2 IN. Plumage fresh. This bird part of trio at nest. Others include #258 and #260. 260 F Carduelis psaltria 9.7gm L.D. 5.0x9.1mm Edameters broad patch 27x17mm crop full v. small without cl. enlarged, 3 coalesced pale white streaks. FAT 4 STD RR: BLAT 4 IN. PS This bird part of trio at nest. Others included #258 and #259. June 16 261 M Carduelis psaltria 8.4gm RT 3.8x3.5 LT 4.5x4.5mm crop empty Ad flying No RR sk. 307 x 30.6 mm window left exserted & asperate, area. 262 M Carduelis psaltria 8.7gm RT 3.0x2.8 LT 4.0x3.5mm crop empty tags bent, glazed STD RR: 2 IN. 1st & 3 out, 2nd BLAT. COMP. SKEL. Ad.sk Gr. foot cap & back melon Cera/poster 263 M Carduelis psaltria 9.2gm RT 5.7x5.0 LT 6.0x5.0mm FAT 2 STD Old flying; Worn plumage 264 M Carduelis psaltria 10.0gm RT 5.5x5.2 LT 6.5x6.0mm crop empty RR: 2-1st, 4-2nd (Rl) FAT 1 STD 2-1st, 3-2nd (Lt)
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Trochat, John 1991 Catalogue BLM land along Cub Creek 1 mile E. of Crew Ranch adjacent to Quarry Section of Dinosaur National Monument, Uinta Co., Utah. Elev. 5000 ft. June 16 ad sk. 265 ♀ Carduelis psaltria 10.1 gm LT 4.2x4.8 mm crop empty visceral- Pannage v. fresh dissection RR: 3-1/4-2"(R) RT 3.5X3.5 FAT 2 STD 3-1/4-2"(L) ad sk. *266 ♀ Carduelis psaltria 9.7 gm RT 3.8x3.0 crop empty STD Juv wing LT 4.5x4.2 mm superficial scale. Slight body melt all tracts. Tail not molted laterally. Tried @ #267 & #268. * This bird, and all remaining birds taken today were put up June 17. ad sk. *267 ♀ Carduelis psaltria 9.0 gm RT 3.0x3.0 crop empty Breast dirty No RR LT 3.5x3.2 mm superficial scale. Blue coat, not green, to gray on hill, otherwise soft pink color STD. Tried @ #266 & #268 ad sk. *268 ♀ Carduelis psaltria 9.2 gm LT 5.5x9.0 crop empty No RR No BP Oviduct so end. supramedial right for. 0.9 mm FAT 2 Pannage fresh; bright yellow 1 mm spot on each side of auricilla at mid distance from tip to gape, 5 STD. Tried @ #266 & #267. ad sk. *269 ♀ Carduelis psaltria 9.6 gm LT 6.0x5.0 abduct not enlarged crop empty Pannage fresh. 2-1mm follicles FAT 2 STD No RR ad sk. *270 ♀ Carduelis psaltria 9.5 gm LT 6.0x6.5 No BP Oviduct so end. crop empty right follicle 0.5 mm supramedial scale V. Right body melt FAT 2 STD all tracts ad sk. *271 ♀ Carduelis psaltria 9.4 gm LT 4.0x3.8mm crop empty superficial scale FAT 1 STD No RR Beaver Creek Wildlife Management Area, 10 miles NE Canon City Fremont Co., Colorado Elevation 6,100 ft. June 20 ad sk. 272 ♀ Carduelis psaltria 8.8 gm LT 6.3x5.0mm crop empty days darker FAT 1 Std & wing RT 6.1X5.1 STD ad & wing This bird paired with #273. ad sk. 273 ♀ Carduelis psaltria 8.7gm LT 4.4x5, greenish No brood patch crop empty FAT 1 STD No RR This bird paired @ #272. ad sk. 274 ♀ Carduelis psaltria 8.7 gm LT 5.5x5.0 mm crop empty 3 IN. 1°caudals bilat RT 5.0x4.6 FAT 0 STD 4" 1/4#1 pilot retained ad sk. ~ 1mm median parietal RR: 3 in. 10(L) & 2 in. 10 windows (R); out 4 2°(L) & #2; 275 ♀ Carduelis psaltria 9.4 gm LT 4.2x4.0mm crop empty out 3 2°(R); 2° 10°CUTE RT 4.0x4.0 FAT 1 STD This bird paired @ #276. ad sk. 276 ♀ Carduelis psaltria 9.0 gm LT 6.5X5.5 mm No brood patch largest crop empty; follicle 1.0 mm small round white scale FAT 0 STD in deep bag. This bird paired with #275. Kent remains: outer six (°) filed; tailless used last. comp. SKEL. SK. not off. 277 ? Carduelis psenae 11.6 gm gone not found crop empty right body melt this dark brown. Bell covered with resin. Large endinion-dark crownie gray.
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Troutlet, John 1991 Catalogue Beaver Creek Wildlife Management Area 10 miles NE of Cañon city, Fremont Co., Colorado. Elevation 6100 ft. June 21 SK. OST. & you prepared bipalleted finch window. LT 5.4 x 5.8 mm crop empty mouth not examined, ? RR: RT. 1° #1, 278 ♂ Cardinalis psaltria 10.9 gm RT 5.0 x 4.8 FAT 1 STD only Paired with # 279. 28♀SK. No BP. lgst. follicle. 0.6 mm crop empty bill lead RR: 3-1° 2-2(R) 279 ♀ Cardinalis psaltria 8.9 gm L.O. 6.5 x 5,0 mm FAT 1 gray, ? STD 3-1°, 3-2°(L) Paired with # 278. Moderate body molt. COMP. SKEL. SK. NOT OST. LT 0.8 mm crop filled 1/2 x 0.3 mm this dark brown; 280 ♂ Cardinalis pinus 11.9 gm RT 0.8mm white seeds. large covered & clean; SK. OST. & 3K.7 mm RT. post-orbital FAT 0 large dark gray brow window LT 4,5 x 4,0 mm crop greenish 281 ♂ Cardinalis psaltria 8.9 gm RT 4.2 x 3.8 FAT 1 STD RR: 1° #1 RT wing only. SK. OST. No BP. lgst. follicle. 0.6mm crop empty RR: 1° #1 Bilat. 282 ♀ Cardinalis psaltria 8.2 gm L.O. 3,8 x 4,5 FAT 0 STD June 22 SK. OST. crop & any sunflower seeds. RR: 2-2(R) 293 ♂ Cardinalis psaltria 9.6gm RT 3.0 x 3.0 LT 3.0 x 3.0 mm FAT 0-1 STD 2-3(L) Paired with # 284. AD.SK. No BP.; gizzard good crop empty RR: 2-3 Rt 284 ♀ Cardinalis psaltria 9.2gm L.O. 3,5 x 4,5 mm FAT 1 STD 2-4 Lt. Paired with # 283 COMP. SKEL AD.SK. crop & any sunflower seeds RR: 3-4 Rt, 285 ♂ Cardinalis psaltria 9.4gm RT 3.5 x 3.0 LT 3.8 x 3.5 mm FAT 1 STD 3-#Lt mixed (°) coverts Plumage typical & green-backed bird, except lesser & median wing coverts all black. COMP. SKEL AD.SK. No BP.; gizzard good crop & any sunflower seeds RR: 2-2(R) 286 ♀ Cardinalis psaltria 10.3gm L.O. 3.9 x 4.0 FAT 2 STD 2-2(L) COMP. SKEL AD.SK. crop & any sunflower seeds darker RR: 2-3 BILAT 287 ♂ Cardinalis psaltria 9.8gm RT 3.8 x 3.8 LT 4,2 x 4,0 mm FAT 1 STD OUT: 2 (°) covts Plumage ~ 95% typical green-backed bird, then wing only some black NEW BILAT. flecking laterally & posteriorly on the back. COMP. SKEL AD.SK. No BP. lgst follicle. 1.2mm crop & any sunflower seeds legshorn RR: NONE 288 ♀ Cardinalis psaltria 9.6gm L.O. 4.5 x 6.0 FAT 2 STD Plumage gray- Peachy overall. COMP. SKEL AD.SK. crop & any mouth not examined, ? RR: 1-3 Bilat, 289 ♂ Cardinalis psaltria 9.4gm RT 4.0 x 4.0 LT 4.0 x 4.0 mm FAT 1 STD 1° covts old. Plumage "pure" green-backed. SK.OST. & 2 pinkish left pinnule windows. LT 5,2 x 4,5mm year (1st) molting large ol. RR: 2-4 Bilat 290 ♂ Cardinalis psaltria 9.4gm RT 5.0 x 4.5 white seeds. darker, ° 1° coverts old. SK. OST. & 2 pinkish Rt. crop & any sunflower seeds large st. RR: 2-4 Bilat pinnule windows gizzard good crop 1/2 full (non days ol. darker, 291 ♀ Cardinalis psaltria 8.8gm L.O. 3,5 x 3,5 mm FAT 1 STD 1° coverts old. AD.SK. crop & any sunflower seeds large darker RR: 2-4 Bilat * 292 ♂ Cardinalis psaltria 9.5 gm RT 3,5 x 3.0 FAT 1 STD 1° covts old * This bird and all remaining birds taken today were put up on June 23 after being on ice overnight. SK.OST. & 3x 2.5mm Lt. post- auricular window LT 3,2 x 3,0 mm crop empty RR: 2-4(R); 2-1° # * 293 ♂ Cardinalis psaltria 8.9gm RT 3.0 x 2.7 FAT 1 STD 3-2°(L) (out out. 2° NEW, old) 1° covts
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Trachet, John 1991 Catalogue Brauer Creek Wildlife Management Area 10 miles NE of Canon City, Fremont Co., Colorado. Elevation 6,000 ft. June 22 (cont) SK, STS, K / mm Lt. pointed wings *294 ♀ Carduelis psaltria 9.0 gm RT 3.5x3.0 LT 4.2x3.5 um crop empty leg darker RR: 1st BILAT; Ad.Sk. crop fav my iris dark brown 2nd & 2rd RLY; ♀ Gammer INNER 3 (1CM) BILAT FAT O (STJ) *295 ♀ Cardinal's psaltria 8.7 gm RT destroyed LT 4.2x4.0 sunflower seed crop fav my iris dark brown RR: 2-3 BILAT Ad.Sk. COMASKEL. 4.5x4.2 um sunflower FAT 1-2 (NOSEPIA) = old (1 CAVETS *296 ♀ Carduelis psaltria 9.0 gm RT 4.0x4.0 LT 4.5x4.2 um crop fav my Typical Grain Lack of Ad.Sk. sunflower FAT 1 STD primary *297 ♀ Carduelis psaltria 10.8 gm LO .72x11.5 mm FAT 2 STD RR: 3-3 BILAT; in outskt. 2 collapsed feathers 2 face (1 cunato RIRLANDY COMP. SKEL *298 ♀ Carduelis psaltria 8.6 gm LO .35x4.5 FAT 2 leg dark RR: 3-3R; crop empty brow (NOSEPIA) 3rd L (1 CAVTS regs so light? STD) Canon City River Walk ½ mile E. of W. entrance, Canon City, Fremont Co., Colorado. Elevation 5,332 ft. June 24 Ad. Sk. LT 6.0x5.6 mm crop fav leg dark RR: NONE; 299 ♀ Carduelis psaltria 8.2 gm RT 5.2x4.5 FAT O STD TOPOTYPE Lacolite Ranch 3/4 mile downstream of confluence of Sapello and Mora Rivers, Mora Co., New Mexico. Elevation 6,800 ft. June 26 COMP. SKEL. SK.STS. LT 14x10 mm Parta eaten in intestine. 300 ♀ Sturnus vulgaris bulbocrii RT 11x9 FAT O crop empty No molt. irises red, dark brown. Bill- maxilla blackish, mandible greyish blue; legs light gray; feet blackish gray, pale margins to scutes of scales. INC. SKEL. st. joint bill partly eaten (HEAD) crop gone leg toes 301 ♀ Carduelis psaltria 7.5 gm RT 5.2x4.5 FAT O STD RR: NONE Lt. 6.5x6.0mm egg in cement fast (Rt. 1.2um) Ad.Sk. B.P. 26.5x14 mm. Unpecked crop empty leg toes RR: 2-2(R) 2-3(L); 302 ♀ Carduelis psaltria 10.5 gm LO .95x8.0mm FAT 2 STD Lt. 5th CAV'T NEW; All others old. Ad.Sk. LT 7.2x6.5 mm sunflower crop empty legs darker RR: NONE Ad.Sk. seed, brown tongue 303 ♀ Carduelis psaltria 8.9 gm RT 5.5x5.0 FAT O dark pink (STD) Ad.Sk. LT 5.5x5.5 mm crop empty legs deeper 304 ♀ Carduelis psaltria 8.8 gm RT .8x5.8 FAT O (STD) RR: NONE Ad.Sk. LT 4.8x4.5 mm poleta crop fav leg darker RR: NONE Ad.Sk. RT 5.4x5.0 FAT O leg browner Ad.Sk. LT 5.5x5.0mm crop fav my legs brown RR: NONE 306 ♀ Carduelis psaltria 10.1 gm RT 5.2x4.5 FAT O-1 (STD) Ad.Sk. LT 5.2x5.0mm igloob pect crop fav std RR: NONE 307 ♀ Carduelis psaltria 9.5 gm RT 5.4x5.0 FAT I STD Ad.Sk. LGST PEL .13 mm, SEVERAL CURVES IN tongue all 308 ♀ Carduelis psaltria 9.6 gm LO .85x6.75mm FAT 2 STD pink (STD) RR: NONE Ad.Sk. 21 mm. CULMETS ENLARGED pelte feet brown 309 ♀ Carduelis psaltria ? .5 gm RT 7.0x6.0 crop empty thigh oblique, RR: none FAT I (STD)
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Jocast, John Catalogue 1991 Borlitter Ranch, 3/4 mile downstream of confluence of Lapello and Mora River, Mora Co., New Mexico. Elevation 6800 ft. June 26 (cont) Ad. sk 310 ♀ Cardinalis psaltria 10.0 gm L.O. 11.5x8.0 mm FAT 2 STD This bird paired with #311. Crop with myciform mites. Crown damaged during struggles in my transport cages. Ad. sk. 1/8mm at parietal window LT 5.2x5.0 mm suffered leak. Fat thinner RR: none 311 ♂ Cardinalis psaltria 9.7 gm RT 4.5x4.0 FAT 0-1 STD This bird paired with #310. Crown damaged during struggles in my transport cages. June 27 Ad. sk. 3/2 ♂ Cardinalis psaltria 9.5 gm RT 4.0x4.0 FAT 1 STD Moderate molt all body tracts. Outer rectrices and remiges in molt. June 28 Ad. sk. 3/3 ♀ Cardinalis psaltria 89 gm L.O. 5.5x3.5 FAT 1 STD RR: none Ad. sk. 3/4 ♀ Cardinalis psaltria 10.0 gm L.O. 7.5x5.2 mm FAT 2 STD RR: none Ad. sk. 3/5 ♂ Cardinalis psaltria 9.8 gm RT 3.5x3.0 FAT 1 STD (cav't all ov) Ad. sk. 3/6 ♀ Cardinalis psaltria 11.0 gm L.O. 7.8x7.0 mm FAT 3 Std more genital x culeum This bird paired with #317. 3 collapsed follicles noted, RR: none. Ad. sk. 3/7 ♂ Cardinalis psaltria 10.3 gm RT 4.0x3.8 FAT 2 STD RR: none This bird paired with #316. Very laid shot. June 29 Ad. sk. 3/8 ♀ Cardinalis psaltria 9.1 gm L.O. 5.2x4.0 mm FAT 1 STD This bird paired with #319. Umbil not enlarged. Ad. sk. 3/9 ♂ Cardinalis psaltria 8.8 gm RT 4.0x3.8 FAT 1 STD RR: none This bird paired ♀ #318 SK, ass. x, (no) LT parietal window 320 ♀ Cardinalis psaltria 70.0 gm L.O. 6.9x6.0 mm FAT 3 STD RR: 1-3 Bleck; old (c cav't under 2 rt, inner 3 rd) Ad. sk. 3/21 ♂ Cardinalis psaltria 9.8 gm RT 5.8x5.3 FAT 1-2 STD RR: none SK ass. x bipontile 1 mm window. 322 ♀ Cardinalis psaltria 9.2 gm L.O. 7.5x4.5 mm FAT 1 STD all new (c cav'ts) Ad. sk. 3/23 ♂ Cardinalis psaltria 9.4 gm RT 3.5x3.5 FAT 2 STD RR: 1-5(R) (c-2's mis 1-4(L)) Ad. sk 3/24 ♀ Cardinalis psaltria 9.1 gm L.O. 7.5x2.5 FAT 2 STD RR: 1-2(R); none (L) 1° cav'ts; 3 ind (R) ? 4 rd(L) new Fatt only (no legs). Right 1 feather; bill flushed, not greenish; 0 STD
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Jucent Jole 1991 Catalogue Simon Canyon Natural Area, BLM adjacent to Navajo Dam State Park, San Juan Co., New Mexico. Elevation [illegible] July 4 Ad.sk. No B.P. Left for 0.7mm Cro[illegible]p empty Day of feet p[illegible] RR: none 325 ♀ Carduelis psaltria 8.4gm L.O. 4.0 x 3.5mm FAT O STD This bird paired with # 328. Oviduct not enlarged. Ad.sk. LT 5.0 x 4.5mm Cro[illegible]p empty Day of feet medium brown RR: none 326 ♂ Carduelis psaltria 8.1gm RT 4.0 x 3.8 FAT O STD Ad.sk. LT 5.0 x 4.5mm Cro[p filled] with seeds Day & feet medium brown RR: 2-2 Bilat; 327 ♂ Carduelis psaltria 8.9gm RT 4.5 x 4.2 FAT 2 STD new 1° covs #6, #7(R) #5-8(L). Ad.sk. LT 5.7 x 5.5mm Cro[p from] Day of feet RR: 2-2 Bilat; 328 ♂ Carduelis psaltria 9.2gm RT 5.5 x 5.2 FAT 1 STD feather seeds /° covs to old new 7 #1/#=2(R) This bird paired with # 325 July 5 Ad.sk. [illegible] Cro[p filled] Day of feet RR: 2-4(R) 329 ♂ Carduelis psaltria 9.1gm LT 5.5 x 5.2 mm tape flowers medium brown 2-3(L) RD 5.8 x 5.8 FAT ( STD /° covs all old Ad.sk. LT 4.2 x 4.0mm Cro[p empty] feet blackish Damage w/ worn 330 ♀ Carduelis psaltria 8.8gm RT 4.9 x 4.0 FAT O STD RR: none Ad.sk. LT 6.0 x 5.0 mm Cro[p w/my sunflower seeds STD RR: none 331 ♂ Carduelis psaltria 9.4gm RT 5.2 x 4.8 FAT 1 Ad.sk. LT 4.8 x 4.5mm Cro[p w/thistle] Logo medium RR: 1-0 Bilat 332 ♂ Carduelis psaltria 8.3gm RT 4.8x4.5 feather seeds brown STD 1° covs #2, #3 old Bilat. Ad.sk. LT 4.5 x 4.5mm Cro[p w/my sunflower seeds Logo medium RR: 2-2 Bilat 333 ♂ Carduelis psaltria 8.8gm RT 4.5 x 4.5 FAT O STD ORA: 1° covs 1-3 Bilat Ad.sk. Edema[illegible] groundpate 27 x 18mm Cro[p empty 334 ♀ Carduelis psaltria 9.0gm L.O. 10.0 x 6.5mm FAT 2 STD RR: none Toepast follicles 1.2 mm. Oviduct sl. enlarged. Legs & body swelt. Ad.sk. Edema[illegible] brood patch Cro[p check full RR: 2-1(R), 2-2(L) 335 ♀ Carduelis psaltria 9.8gm L.O. 8.5 x 6.0 mm 24 x 20mm .5 mm round white oval (° covs #2, #3 FAT 2 brooke STD Bilat. 4 follicles > 0.7 mm. Oviduct sl. enlarged. Legs & body swelt. Moderate molt on crown. Ad.sk. Edema[illegible] B.P. 25.5 x 18mm Cro[p full RR: none 336 ♀ Carduelis psaltria 10.0gm L.O. 7.8 x 6.2mm Left for 10 min. thistle seeds Oviduct not enlarged. STD soft part CRs except legs dark gray, iris 5 opaque [illegible]. Vanate not examined. July 6 Ad.sk. No B.P. groundpate Mouth quivery RR: 1-2(3)(R) 337 ♀ Carduelis psaltria 9.0 gm L.O. 5.0 x 4.0mm FAT O STD (1-4)(L) Cro[p filled w/ 1.2 x 0.3 mm sl. greenish white liquid seeds (= immature thistle), Moderate body molt. Ad.sk. LT 4.9 x 4.5mm Cro[p empty] Feet & beak RR: none 338 ♂ Carduelis psaltria 9.2gm RT 4.0 x 4.0 FAT O STD brown greenish Redd. body molt This bird paired with # 339 Ad.sk. No B.P. ovary groundpate Cro[p empty Day of feet RR: 2-4(R) 339 ♀ Carduelis psaltria 8.7gm L.O. 4.5 x 4.0mm FAT 1 STD dark gray 2-(1)(2L) Y This bird paired with # 338. Moderate body molt. Bilat. outer 1° swelt- Left lost in preparation.
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RACET, John 1991 Catalogue Simon Canyon Natural Area BLM adjacent to Navajo Dam State Park, San Juan Co, New Mexico. Elevation ft. July 6 (cont) 340 ♂ Cardinalis psaltria 9.8gm RT 5.7x5.5 LT 5.8x5.5mm crop empty FAT STD RR: (-1) Bileat, New /o covs; older (R) outer 3(L) Typical green-backed ♂ plumage 341 ♂ Cardinalis psaltria 9.7gm RT 6.5x6.0mm LT 6.5X6.0mm crop with my sunflower seeds, look brown legs fat STD RR: 2-3 Bileat /o covs; inner 3 old bileat Typical green-backed ♂ plumage 342 ♂ Cardinalis psaltria 9.5gm RT 5.2x5.0 LT 5.5X5.2mm crop my sunflower seeds, bilgedish FAT I tone STD RR: 1-2 Bileat. some 2 /o covera old grit. Typical green-backed ♂ plumage 343 ♂ Cardinalis psaltria 9.3gm RT 5.2x5.0 LT 5.0x4.5mm crop empty DUS supra FATO-1 STD RR: none Typical green-backed ♂ plumage. Moderate body molt. 344 ♂ Cardinalis psaltria 9.5gm RT 5.5x5.5 LT 5.5x5.2mm crop my sunflower seeds FAT I STD RR: none Typical green-backed ♂ plumage. South Fork Kern River Wildlife Area, 3 miles W of Weldon Kern County, California. Elevation 2500 ft. July 10 345 ♂ Cardinalis psaltria 8.4gm RT 4.5x4.5 LT 5.2x5.0mm SK.oss. U.light body molt. crop empty FATO STD RR: all juv. x 7's /o's, 2 covs; tail molt. 346 ♂ Cardinalis psaltria 8.7gm RT 4.2x3.5 LT 4.5x4.0 mm SK.oss. Mid. body molt. 3rd molt. crop few 0.7mm white scale FAT O STD RR: Juv, wing & tail /o's;1/2 of 1-9 inl / # 4 25 % in, Tail molt 347 ♂ Cardinalis psaltria 9.8gm L.O. 7.0x5.0mm SK.oss. No body molt. Manicure bound egg in midrect. crop full inn iris 3 scopia FAT I STD RR: all renigera old juvenile feathers tail in molt. ? Beantous broad patch 19X27.5mm, largest follicle 2.8mm. RT 1/2 for locking 3rd plumek. 348 ♂ Cardinalis psaltria 8.3gm RT 5.2x4.8 LT 6.0X5.2mm SK.oss. crop empty legs dark brownish-gray FATO-1 STD RR: all few white present Very light body molt ventral tracts. 349 ♂ Cardinalis psaltria 8.9gm RT 4.0x3.5 LT 4.2x7.8mm SK.oss. No body molt crop empty FATO STD RR: all x 1's # 6#7 grit, 1 /o # 9(R). Tail in old. 350 ♂ Cardinalis psaltria 9.4gm RT 5.2x4.8 LT 5.8x5.2mm SK.oss. U.light body molt. crop empty mouth not examined legs dark brown FATO STD RR: 2-2 Bileat. Rt. 2 outer rectrices missing 351 ♂ Cardinalis psaltria 9.1gm RT 4.0x3.5 LT 4.5X4.0mm SK.oss. US molt crop full new white scale FATO-1 STD RR: all old &b of wing & tail 352 ♂ Melospiza melodia 19.4gm RT 8.0x7.2 LT 9.2x7.8mm SK.oss. US molt crop empty stomach crumbs of wheat pieces, least not mortality, FATO screen of miles on floor kind. Dusk dark brown. Maxilla medium grayish brown, mandible lighter. Tarsus and feet light brown. Claws dark horn.
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Hackett, John 1971 Catalogue South Fork Kern River Wildlife Area, 3 miles W of Waldron Kern Co., California. Elevation 2500 ft. July 10 (cont) SK. not ass. No BP, granular goned crop empty 353 ♀ Carduelis lawrencei 9.9gm L.5 / 1.0 X 0.5mm FAT 1 light body molt iris very dark brown. Bill- max. medium brownish pink; mandible tip slightly paler. Legs & toes light luminous brown. Claws med. horn. July 11 SK. not ass. Light body molt. 354 ♀ Carduelis psaltria 6.9gm L.D / 0.6 X .8mm FAT 0 ~Dx 5 tips. Zyg blackish brown ~ 37b fresh (jun) wing & tail July 19 SK. not ass. finely granular goned crop empty light - moderate body molt all tracts 355 ♀ Carduelis lawrencei 8.9gm L.D / 1 X 1mm FAT 0 iris dark brown. Bill light-med. grayish pink, culmen darker. Legs light brown. Claws red, horn. throat not examined. SK. not ass. LT < 1mm crop empty Soft pink colors as # 355. Very 356 ♂ Carduelis lawrencei 8.7gm RT < 1mm FAT 0-1 light molt ventral tracts only. SK. not ass. crop empty Soft pink colors as # 355 % Crop 357 ? Carduelis lawrencei 8.8gm gones not found . FAT 0-1 all darker, very light body molt. SK. ass. No Body molt No BP. Light foot, 1.5mm crop ½ full iris dark brown. Bill lt. 358 ♀ Carduelis lawrencei 9.6gm L.D / 0.8 X 4.0mm FAT 0 my semilunaris. Brownish pink. Legs & claw Claws med. horn. EXAMINED SK. not ass. lawrencei granular goned crop empty Soft pink colors as # 355. 359 ♀ Carduelis psaltria 8.2gm L.D / 1 X 1.5mm FAT 0 Light - moderate molt all tracts, SK. ass. crop full my semilunaris and LT 3.5 X 3.5mm Soft pink colors as # 358. 360 ♂ Carduelis lawrencei 10.2gm RT 3.2 X 3.0 FAT 0-1 The body molt. SK. not ass. crop empty Bill need grayish pink 361 ♀ Carduelis lawrencei 9.3gm L.D / 1.5 X 2.0mm FAT 2 & colors as # 355. No SK. ass. LT 1.2 X 1.2mm crop ½ full body molt. 362 ♂ Carduelis lawrencei 9.4gm RT 1.2 X 1.0 FAT 1 Soft pink colors as # 358 SK. ass. LT 1.5mm crop empty No molt, 363 ♂ Carduelis lawrencei 9.6gm RT 1.5mm FAT 0 Soft pink colors as # 358. Several wites on skin. No body molt. Wing molt: 1° #1 20% in bilaterally; 1° #2 in scattered SK. not ass. X small area at occiput NO BP, granular goned crop empty Tone pale head (jun) 364 ♀ Carduelis psaltria 8.3gm L.D / 1.2 X 0.5mm FAT 0 brown, & wing & tail. SK. ½ ass: ant parietal & frontal areas not see. gones not crop empty fresh (jun) 365 ? Carduelis psaltria 8.5gm found FAT 0 STD wing & tail Viscera scraped for examination purposes. Extremely heavy body molt except light molt capitol tract. SK. ass. Med-Heavy body molt. LT 4.2 X 4.0mm crop empty flag & toes med. 366 ♂ Carduelis psaltria 8.2gm RT 4.2 X 4.0 FAT 0 STD gray, & tail. SK. ass. Med-Heavy molt all tracts LT 6.0 X 5.2mm crop ½ full flag & toes med 367 ♀ Carduelis psaltria 8.9gm RT 5.2 X 5.0 FAT 0 my white streaks, ab. ♂ wing & tail SK. not ass. Light molt saved & NO BP granular goned mouth not examined head (jun) wing 368 ♀ Carduelis psaltria 8.8gm L.D / 1.2 X 1.0 mm FAT 0-1 removed tracts ~ STD & tail. SK. ass. only at caput No BP granular goned crop ½ full viscera scraped 369 ♀ Carduelis psaltria 8.4gm L.D / 1.5 X 1.2 mm FAT 0 STD moderate body molt all tracts. fresh (jun) wings & tail SK. mort/½ ass: Billat. 2X3mm lost. plicated windpipe LT 4.8 X 4.0mm crop empty Med-heavy only 370 ♂ Carduelis psaltria 8.9gm RT 4.5 X 4.0 FAT 1 STD molt all tracts! ~Mort &rd jun. Remains: Ad 1° # 1 / 10% (L) 50% (R); Ad 2° # 1 / 50% Bled. Ad 2° #2 40% (R), the tail molt.
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rocket, john 1991 Catalogue South Fork Kern River Willie's Area 3 miles W of Weldon Kern Co. California. Elevation 2500 ft. July 17 371 SK not ass. V light body molt NO BP granular gourd CROP empty leg pale FRESH (jun.) f Cardinalis psaltria 8.7gm L.O. 2.0 X 2.2mm FAT 1 brown, STD wings of tail 372 SK ASS. No molt Subject sk. aus. BP 17.5 x 27mm CROP EMPTY leg pale AD & WING & TAIL. f Cardinalis psaltria 9.6gm L.O. 3.8 X 6.5mm FAT 3 brown, STD NEW: 1° FEET (R) & LAT RECTRICES BILAT. REC'TS(R) HUSTING July 20 373 SK ASS. No body molt Ductile sk. aus. 2nd gen. CROP empty Tars pale OLD JUV. EF. X /0mm f Cardinalis psaltria 8.3gm L.O. 5.0 X 6.8mm FAT 1 brown, STD MOLT: 1° FEET (R) & 2 374 SK ASS. No body molt LT 6.0 X 5.0mm CROP FULL head not ALL OF WING & TAIL f Cardinalis psaltria 9.1gm RT 5.2 X 4.5 FAT 1 examined, STD 1/2% BILAT. RECTRICES 375 SK ASS. only at occiput granular gourd CROP 2 white fresh wing & tail coronally feathers of 3 mm pieces MOD. BODY MOLT. f Cardinalis psaltria 8.8gm L.O. 2.0 X 2.5mm FAT O-1 STD 376 SK not ass. mod body molt all CROP empty FRESH WING & TAIL f Cardinalis psaltria 9.7gm RT < 1 mm FAT 2 STD July 21 377 SK ASS. V light molt vented Ductile LT 4.5 X 4.0mm CROP few legs & tars WORK AS 3rd wing f Cardinalis psaltria 8.5gm RT 4.2 x 3.5 white scales, STD ? tail 378 SK not ass. light mod. body molt LT < 1 mm CROP 6-1/2mm FRESH (jun.) wing f Cardinalis psaltria 9.2gm RT < 1 mm white scales FAT 3 large flight wings of tail 379 SK not ass. No body molt granular gourd CROP empty FRESH (jun.) wing f Cardinalis psaltria 8.6gm L.O. 1.5 X 0.8mm FAT 2 STD ? tail 380 SK not ass. mod. body molt all granular gourd CROP few fresh (jun.) wing f Cardinalis psaltria 8.2gm L.O. 1.2 X 0.8 white scales FAT 2 STD & TAIL 381 SK ASS. mod. body molt all LT 3.8 X 3.2mm CROP empty RR: 2° BILAT f Cardinalis psaltria 9.0gm RT 3.5 X 3.2 FAT 2 STD ad of tail 382 SK not ass. light body molt granular gourd mouth not fresh (jun.) wing & tail f Cardinalis psaltria 9.7gm L.O. 1.0 X 0.6mm FAT 2 empty examined RT OUTER 3 1/2s coming in. 383 SK not ass. light body molt LT < 1 mm CROP few tiny three 5 copies RT: 3rd to last f Cardinalis psaltria 9.3gm RT < 1 mm white scales FAT 1 ? STD IN & FRESH JUN. WINGS & TAIL. 384 SK ASS. 3° X 2mm molt BP 1/6 x 27mm sk. edema CROP 1/4 full leg, medium adult & wings f Cardinalis psaltria 8.6gm L.O. 0.5 X 0.5mm FAT 1 white scales gray ? STD ? tail. light body molt. 3 large follicles ≥ 1.2 mm. 385 SK ASS. No body molt LT 4.2 x 4.0mm CROP 9th LT 1° missing f Cardinalis psaltria 8.9gm RT 4.2 X 3.5 empty STD 3rd mark sheet; /a bill old wing & tail Washington Ranch adjacent to Rattlesnake Springs section of Carlsbad Caverns National Park, Eddy Co. New Mexico. Elevation 3650 ft. July 30 386 SK not ass. CROP many Tars still in f Cardinalis psaltria 8.4gm L.O. 1mm granular FAT 1 HEAVYTHUS SEEDS molt sin 5 copies tars. Billed med. Olive-gray with slightly darker tips. Legs & tars light-reds brown, STD 387 SK ASS. only at occiput LT 1mm CROP empty, but legs/tars dark heavy body f Cardinalis psaltria 9.1gm RT 1mm lower asymmetry: grayish-brown molt. HEAVYTHUS SEEDS. STD wing molt: new 1° & 7 sheet; +8 coming in. Tail molt. 2nd, 1° covt molt. 3° molt. 2°s all old.
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Trochet, John 1991 Catalogue Washington Range adjacent to Rattlesnake Spring section of Carlsbad Caverns National Park, Eddy Co., New Mexico. Elevation 3650 ft. July 30 (cont) 388 ♂ Carduelis psaltria 9.0gm RT 0.6mm LT 0.6mm crop empty summer seeds dark gray FAT O STD only at occiput & medial parietal area large feet $1/2 389 ♀ Carduelis psaltria 8.8gm kO 1.5x1.5mm granular gizzard crop mostly sunflower seed, few hemp seeds, black body thistle ENULIUS in crop & some lime molt FAT 1 STD SK NOT OFF Very fatty body molt all tracts. Wing molt: 1° 6-7 new bilts, #8 coming in; median coverts and 3's in molt; 2's old. Tail molt in progress. July 31 390 ♀ Carduelis psaltria 8.4gm LO 2.5x3.5mm wrinkled nuchal derm, BD 27 x 19 mm crop empty RR: NONE SK NOT OFF heavy body molt granular gizzard FAT O STD 391 ♀ Carduelis psaltria 8.9gm L.O. (k.) 1.5mm crop & few HEMIANTHUS SEEDS RR: NO RETAINED FAT O-1 STD 1° Molt in progress 3 RD outer rectrices & greater primary coverts. LT 5/1° missing. 392 ♀ Carduelis psaltria 8.5gm L.O. 3.5x5.0mm AD SK unwrinkled, area above BP 26 x 16.7 mm RR: GL&AD, 1° #1-2 BILTS, old 2° crop empty #1/2 CAT #4 LT 393 ♂ Carduelis psaltria 9.0gm RT 5.0x5.5mm AD SK Pleurage fresh, no active crop & few NUTS NOT FAT 1 STD RR: 4-3 (LT) 3-3 MOLT LT 6.0x5.2mm sunflower seeds (RT), OUT 2 1° COVT 394 ♂ Carduelis psaltria 8.8gm RT 4.5x3.9mm AD SK SL BODY MOLT crop & few HEMIANTHUS SEEDS RR: 3-4 BILTS LT 4.8x4.2mm TONE O 1° COVERTS ALL OLD, FAT 1 STD FEW MITES PRESENT 395 ♂ Carduelis psaltria 10.0gm RT 5.0x4.2 SK OFF & 1mm LT parietal window crop empty AD & wing LT 5.0x5.0mm 396 ♂ Carduelis psaltria 9.7gm RT 5.0x4.8 SK OFF & 2x3 mm RT mid-parietal window DREA BRIGHT crop empty PAPER! old & wing #1mm RT frontal window FAT O STD Tape 1° #7 missing; old ad 1° #3 LT; old al 1° #3-4 Rt. 397 ♂ Carduelis psaltria 8.6gm RT 0.7 SK NOT OFF & occiput & parietal midline crop empty; few sunflower seeds, some HEMIANTHUS FAT O STD gray old dark greenish August 1 COMP. SKEL. AD SK old BP 32x23mm, aged feet / mm crop empty FAT O No molt 398 ♀ Carduelis pinus 11.0gm LO 5.5 x 6.5mm DREA DARK BROWN. Bill - maxilla lead gray, paler at base; mandible same color as max, less tinged brownish. Feet feet reddish brown. 399 ♀ Carduelis psaltria 8.8gm LO 3.2 x 2.5mm SK NOT OFF & occiput granular gizzard 2-3 white-billed seeds in crop DREA BLEACHED New 3°s; tail molt; then FF old FAT 1-2 STD August 2 400 ♂ Carduelis psaltria 8.3gm RT 4.5x4.0 SK OFF No body molt LT 5.2 x 4.5 mm crop empty DREA BLACKISH old & wing DREA SEPIA, 6 FAT 1 STD 401 ♂ Carduelis psaltria 8.5gm RT 4.5x4.0 SK NOT OFF & occiput LT 4.2 x 4.0 mm crop 6-8 0.5mm DREA BLACKISH June of wing spherical white dash FAT 1 STD Light-moderate body molt all tracts. No wing or tail molt.
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TROCNET, J. 1991 Catalogue Gila River 4 miles downstream from Highway 180 bridge Gila National Forest, Grant Co., New Mexico. Elevation ft. August 6 SK. NOT ASS. % OCCIPUT 402 ♀ Carduelis psaltria 8.1gm LO. 7mm FAT O STB Extremely heavy molt all body tracts. Wing molt: 1° F+ 90% Bilat; #5 75% Giant: #6 35% bilat; #7 missing filed. 3° & Tail molt also present. SK. ASS. No body molt. LT 5.5 x 5.0mm RIGHT FOUR THISTLES 403 ♀ Carduelis psaltria 9.6gm RT 6.0 x 5.2mm FAT O STD ad & wing SK. ASS. U. RIGHT GRAY MOLT LT 4.2 x 3.8mm RIGHT 1/2 FULL THISTLES 404 ♀ Carduelis psaltria 10.5gm RT 4.0 x 3.2 FAT 3 STD ad & wing SK. ASS. No body molt LT 38x35mm CROP 1/2 FULL LT. 3° Toe NEARLY MISSING OUTER 4 1/4" GUEST. REMNTS AD, 2° TOE. RETAINED 405 ♀ Carduelis psaltria 9.2gm RT 35x35 FAT 3 STD TOUR FF ABSENT FROM TOUR TAIL. SK. ASS. No body molt LT 3.5 x 3.0mm CROP EMPTY AD & wing & tail 406 ♀ Carduelis psaltria 9.4gm RT 3.5 x 3.0 FAT 2 STD SK. NOT ASS. % OCCIPUT & PAROETAL MIDLINE LT 4.0 x 4.0mm CROP 1/2 FULL .75MM JAWS DARK ROUND WHITE RINGS. BROWNIER GRAY TO STD JUV. WING & TAIL 407 ♀ Carduelis psaltria 8.7gm LO. 2 x 2 FAT 1-2 STD LX BODY MOLT SK. ASS. No molt LT 4.5x4.5mm CROP EMPTY BILL BARE GRAY, SLIGHTER GRAY AD wing & tail 408 ♀ Carduelis psaltria 9.0gm RT 4.2 x 4.0 FAT 1 STD SK. ASS. No molt LT 5.0 x 4.5mm CROP EMPTY MOUTH NOT OPENED AD wing & tail 409 ♀ Carduelis psaltria 8.4gm RT 4.0x4.0 FAT 1 STD August 7 SK. NOT ASS. % OCCIPUT & INTERORBITAL AREA LT 4.0 x 4.0mm CROP EMPTY JAWS DARK GRAY RETAINED TOUR FF MOUTH NOT EXAM'D. 1°-3° BILAT; ALL 2° 410 ♀ Carduelis psaltria 9.4gm RT 4.0 x 3.5 FAT 3 6 STD 3° TAIL; LO 6-9mm SLIGHT-MODERATE BODY MOLT ALL TRACTS. SK. ASS. No body molt NO BP; LEFT FEEL.1MM. CROP FOUR THISTLES 411 ♀ Carduelis psaltria 9.5gm LO. 2.5x3.0mm FAT 3 STD TRASH WING & TAIL SK. ASS. No molt LT 5.5x4.8mm CROP EMPTY AD & wing & tail 412 ♀ Carduelis psaltria 9.7gm RT 5.0 x 4.5 FAT 2 STD SK. ASS. No body molt LT 6.0 x 5.0mm CROP EMPTY AD & wing & tail 413 ♀ Carduelis psaltria 9.1gm RT 4.5 x 4.0 FAT 1-2 STD SK. ASS. No molt NO BP. NO RIL FEEL. CROP 1/2 FULL JAWS DARK MOLTLES RR: 1-3 BILAT. 414 ♀ Carduelis psaltria 8.9gm LO. 2.0x2.2mm FAT 3 STD
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ROCHET, J.A. 1992 Catalogue At the beginning of the 1992 field season, I again summarize the commonly used abbreviations that I use in my catalogue. These are: - with; - without; - except; - otherwise; RR: - retained remiges, the first number indicating the number of inner primaries, beginning at primary # 1, and the second number the number of outer secondaries, ending with secondary # 1; e.g. RR: 2-3 Bilet indicates that both wings retain the previous year's retention of primaries # 1 & # 2 and secondaries # 3, # 2, and # 1; 1° - primary flight feather; 2° - secondary flight feather; 3° - tertial; FF - flight feathers; v. - very; sL. - slight (ly); EnL. - enlarged; B.P. - broad patch; lgst. for. - enlarged follicle; mcd. - moderate; ilat. - lateral (ly); STD - standard soft part colors. These standard soft part colors are for adult ♂♀, iris dark sepia brown; maxilla dark gray, grayer proximally, tip black; mandible yellowish-gray proximally, with a dusky tip; Anterior groupa yellowish; legs medium-dark grayish brown, toes slightly darker and slightly grayer. Claws medium gray; mouth lining pale yellowish; throat flesh pink. Adult ♂♀ differ only in bill color: maxilla dull medium-dark gray with a darker tip. Mandible all dusky. Beaks of juveniles all lead gray, legs and feet usually medium brown and claws dark horn. Other soft part colors are in adults, where soft part colors depart from
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Rachet John 1992 Catalogue 22491 Wilbra Drive, Palo Cedro, Sasta Co., California. Elevation 500 ft. March 25 (crit) 4/7 Male Carduelis psaltria 8.6gm LT 3.5x3.2mm RT 3.0x3.0 Ad. Sk. No molt CROP 1/2 full White seeds. FAT 3 STD d of wing & tail 4/8 Female Carduelis psaltria 9.2gm LT 3.5x4.8mm Ad. Sk. Lt gray molt all tracts Quivered not and, No BP Crop 1/2 full Gray med. FAT 3 STD Mouth, old wing & tail. Ad. 4-6 Lt #5-6 (RT) 4/9 Female Carduelis psaltria 8.9gm LT 4.0x3.0 Ad. Sk. No molt Quivered at and. No BP or int. ful. CROP empty Gray med. 1#5 about to FAT 1 STD jow, pallated chest 4/20 Male Carduelis psaltria 9.2gm RT 3.2x3.0 Ad. Sk. No molt LT 3.5x3.5mm White seeds. CROP full FAT 2 STD Retained jaw: 2-2 Ribs. 4/21 Male Carduelis psaltria 9.5gm RT 3.0x3.0 Ad. Sk. No molt LT 3.0x3.0mm White seeds. CROP empty FAT STD d of wing & tail 2 Rt retained feathers missing 4/22 Female Carduelis psaltria 9.0gm LT 2.5x3.2mm Ad. Sk. No body molt Quivered not and. Lt brown patch at col. CROP 1/4m green Gray med. No wing or tail marks, FAT 2 STD Leaf fragments & 4 Brown, & Col (?)/retained jaw. FF. 4/23 Female Carduelis psaltria 9.6gm LT 2.5x4.0mm Ad. Sk. Lt light body molt Granular zone d. No BP or col. ful. CROP empty Gray med. Rounded brown seeds. STD d of wing. RT Outer rectrix missing 4/24 Male Carduelis psaltria 9.0gm LT 5.0x4.2mm Ad. Sk. Lt light body molt LT 5.5x5.0mm White seeds, 3mm round brown seeds. CROP full-half 1/4m FAT 0-1 STD d of wing & tail 4/25 Male Carduelis psaltria 8.8gm LT 4.5x3.8 LT 4.8x4.0mm CROP empty Retained juvenile wing & tail Armstrong Ranch 2 miles E. Armstrong, Kanady Co. Texas. Elevation 20 ft. April 28 4/26 Male Carduelis psaltria 10.1gm LT destroyed RT 4.5x4.0mm Ad. Sk. CROP 1/2 full Black culmen FAT 0 STD d of wing & tail This bird paired with # 427. 4/27 Female Carduelis psaltria 9.4gm LT 3.5x5.5mm Ad. Sk. No BP, Lgt ful. .8mm CROP 2/3 full FAT 1-2 STD dLt #46; retained Col 2#7 in 10s. New tail. This bird paired with # 426. April 30 4/28 Male Carduelis psaltria 9.2gm LT 4.0x3.5mm RT 3.8x3.5 Ad. Sk. 3rd, body molt all tracts LT destroyed CROP 1/2 full RETAINED AD. 1#2 & 3 FAT 0-1 STD Bilat; holding in 2 out. Rects. #3 out. remains. This bird paired with # 429, 4/29 Female Carduelis psaltria 9.6gm LT 4.2x3.5mm Ad. Sk. Mod. body molt vent, No BP, Lgt ful. .7mm CROP full FAT 2 STD d caught #2 (LT) rear, Strobe old; & fresh ab. ? wings & tail This bird paired with # 428. 4/30 Female Carduelis psaltria 9.8gm LT 5.6x4.2mm Ad. Sk. Edematous BP, 20x28mm CROP empty 1/2 new #7(R) & 46; FAT 2 STD gt ful. .12mm; 1 rupt'd for. Slight tone ? (R) missing. 2 central (2x) cut rects, old. This bird paired with # 431. 4/31 Male Carduelis psaltria 9.8gm LT 5.0x4.2mm RT 3.8x3.8 Ad. Sk. Plunge fresh. CROP full my FAT 2 STD d of wings & tail This bird paired with # 430.
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Thocax, John 1972 Catalogue Armstrong Ranch, 2 miles E. Armstrong, Kennedy Co., Texas. Elevation 20 ft. May 6 432 ♀ Carduelis psaltria 9.7gm LT 4.5x4.0mm RT 4.0x3.5 FAT 0-1 STD Ad wings & tail Ad sk. ♂ bird captured way /2/LT 4.2 x 4.0 mm crop empty mod. body molt 433 ♀ Carduelis psaltria 10.0gm RT 4.0x3.8 FAT 1 STD Ad wings & tail May 8 434 ♂ Carduelis psaltria 9.2gm LT 3.8x 3.8 mm RT 3.5x 3.2 FAT 1 STD crop full mouth bloody RL: 2-3(R); 2-4(L) Ad sk. light body molt LT 4.8x 4.5 mm throat seeds /° cov't all old 435 ♀ Carduelis psaltria 9.7gm RT 4.2 x 4.0 FAT 0 STD Ad wing May 10 436 ♂ Carduelis psaltria 9.5gm LT 5.2 x 4.2 mm RT 5.0 x 3.8 FAT 0-1 STD RR: 3-3 Blest; /° Ad sk. molt body molt all tract crop empty cov'ts all old & R's out 437 ♂ Carduelis psaltria 9.3gm LT 4.2x 4.2 mm RT 4.0 x 3.5 FAT 1 STD Tria & again RR(RL): 2-1 Blest. Ad sk. at molt ventral tract crop empty Tail molt 438 ♀ Carduelis psaltria 8.9gm LT > present but not FAT 0 STD Very hard shot-viscera 5k. .055 x .4/.5/km undero cov'ts top of tail. in plumage. 439 ♀ Carduelis psaltria 9.1gm RT 4.0x3.5 FAT 1 STD RR: 3-4 Blest; all/° This bird paired with # 440. Damage fresh, no active molt. Numerous small cov'ts old. Mark of Rt. Tail missing. warts in feathers and on skin. 440 ♀ Carduelis psaltria 10.0gm L.O. 4.5x5.8mm FAT 3 STD RR(RL): 1-5(L), 6-7(R) Ad sk. No molt BP: 29x20 mm crop few Tars protos old, /° and induct ors. etc. surfaces. /° cov'ts R'st old. This bird paired with # 439. Largest follicle 1.0 mm. May 11 441 ♀ Carduelis psaltria 9.6 gm RT 5.2x4.8 FAT TR. STD Ad wing & tail This bird, captured April 30, paired with # 442. 442 ♀ Carduelis psaltria 9.4gm L.O. 3.5 x 4.0 FAT 2 STD 4th 20 Blest old; Ad sk. in molt No Band Patch. cov'ts all, and, /° new Ft. This bird, captured April 30, paired with # 441. Largest follicle .7 mm 443 ♀ Carduelis psaltria 8.9gm RT 5.5x5.4 FAT 1 STD RR: Tuv 2-3 Blest; /° Ad sk. Damage fresh. Lt. molt cov'ts 3-4-5(R) & 3-4(L) This bird, netted April 30, paired with # 444. new old old. 444 ♀ Carduelis psaltria 8.9gm L.O. 3.5x 4.2 mm FAT 2 STD RR: Tuv 2-3(R) & 1-3(L); 5k. .055, /° molt. small /° cov'ts (6-9 R) old, damage. cov'ted Rt. and, older new. This bird, captured April 30, paired with # 443. Plumage fresh. 445 ♀ Carduelis psaltria 10.1gm L.O. 4.0x 5.2 mm FAT 3 STD RR: Ad. /° 1-4 Ad sk. Plumage fresh. No BP used for .9mm cov'ted all, and, Blest. 446 ♂ Parula pitiayumi 6.8gm RT 4.8 x 3.8 FAT 0 Ad body molt; 5k. .055 LT 5.0x 4.2 mm crop empty by stomach iris & dark brown; maculla FECITINUS MASS, 2 black & yellow tamulus/mad. small beetles. red, yellow - tarsl horn. feet Dull yellow. Claws Lt. brown. Mouth lining yellow with pink. 447 ♂ Amazilia yucatanensis 3.7gm RT 3.5 x 3.0 FAT 0 No molt. Collected by John Armstrong, who found it dead on his porch.
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Jorans, Jth 1992 Catalogue Kickapoo Caverns State Natural Area 22 1/2 miles N. Brackettville Kinney Co., Texas Elevation 1700 ft. May 16 SK not ass. HEAVY BODY MOLT ALL TRACTS. 448 ♀ Cardinalis psaltria 9.5gm RT 0.3mm LT 0.3mm CROP empty FAT TR STILL IN SHEATH. This bird paired with #451. Putative parents of #448 and #449. SK not ass. HEAVY BODY MOLT ALL TRACTS. 449 ♀ Cardinalis psaltria 9.6gm LO 0.6x2.1mm CROP empty FAT 1 STILL IN SHEATH. Soft part colors like #448, X mandibular Tomium yellowish and pink as paper. SK not molt. 450 ♀ Cardinalis psaltria 10.4gm LO 4.2x6.8mm CROP full FAT 2 STD This bird paired with #451. Putative parents of #448 and #449. Ad sk. No molt 451 ♂ Cardinalis psaltria 9.8gm RT 4.0x4.0 LT 4.8x4.0mm CROP full FAT 2 STD ab wing & tail May 17 Ad sk. V light molt dorsal tracts 452 ♀ Cardinalis psaltria 9.8gm LO 3.2x6.0mm LT 5.2x6.0mm CROP full FAT 2 STD RET'D AB FF: 10/2-3(A), 7(2); 2° 3-5 BILAT; RT 3 LAT & 4 LAT RESTRICTED. This bird paired with #453 Ad sk. Plummage fresh. No active molt. 453 ♂ Cardinalis psaltria 9.1 LT 6.2x4.8mm RT 5.2x4.5 CROP empty FAT 1 STD ab wing & tail This bird paired with #452. Ad sk. SE molt all tracts 454 ♀ Cardinalis psaltria 8.7gm LO 8.4x4.8 NO BP LOST, FOL 1.5mm MANY OF NEARLY EQUAL SIZE. FAT 1 PLUM MOLT, Tomium yellowish RET'D JUV FF: H BILAT, AB TAIL, 1° COVERTS ALL OLD. This bird paired with #455. Oviduct greatly enlarged. Crop full with 2 types of seeds: (O) spherical yellowish seeds, & (D) smaller qty tracts. Despite low fecundal fat, this animal was very fat, with much lipid stored in the viscera. Ad sk. Plummage fresh. No active molt. 455 ♂ Cardinalis psaltria 9.6gm RT 5.2x5.0 LT 5.5x5.0mm CROP 2/3 full FAT 1 STD RR: AD 1½ (1-5)L & 1-4(R). RT 7° 1° gone, 1°COUT all new. This bird paired with #454. Tail feathers new. This bird lost itself up in cage very quickly. Las Cuevas, Big Bend Ranch State Park Site, Presidio County, Texas Elevation 3600 ft. May 24 Ad sk. U LT body molt mostly dorsal. 456 ♀ Cardinalis psaltria 9.4gm LO 4.0x3.5mm CROP empty FAT 2 STD RR: 2-4 (R), 3-4(L) TAIL NEW. This bird paired with #457.
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Joccat, John 1992 Catalogue Las Cuevas, Big Band Ranch State Park Site, Presidio County Texas. Elevation 3600 ft. May 24 (cont) Ad. sk. U.Lt. body molt LT 4.5 x 4.5 mm crop single MALE WHITE SEED MOUTH NOT EXAMINED, LEGS DARK GRAYISH-BROWN AD &'s 1-5 BILAT. FRESH JUV. 2° C. 10 COVTS OLD 3/4 (1 BILAT. 457 ♂ Carduelis psaltria 9.1gm RT 4.2 x 4.0 FAT 1 O STD This bird paired with # 458. Ad.sk. Lt body molt. oviduct enlarged crop ~8 mm white seeds. RET'D: ALL 2° OLD. JUV. TAIL. MUST RT 1° OUT DUE TO CARE TRAUMA, 458 ♀ Carduelis psaltria 9.0gm L.O. 4.5 x 6.0 mm FAT 1-2 STD This bird paired with # 459. Ad.sk. U.Lt. body molt LT 6.0 x 5.2 mm crop ~2 mm TARAI dark RR: JUV. 1°89 BILAT; 2°s 1-5 BILAT; G OUTER 1° COVERIT. 459 ♂ Carduelis psaltria 9.7gm RI 5.5x 4.5 FAT 0-1 O STD) This bird paired with # 458. Ad.sk. No body molt LT 1.5 x 1.5 mm crop empty NEW AD, ♂ 1°s 1-4 BILAT; # ~5(L); ~9(R) MULT/MIN. JUV. 2°s RET'D; OUT. 4/0 COVERED, TAIL MOLT. 460 ♂ Carduelis psaltria 9.1gm RT 1.5x1.2 FAT 1 STD) Ojito Adentro, Big Band Ranch State Park Site, Presidio County, Texas. Elevation 3850 ft. May 24 Ad.sk. Lt.-mid body molt crop ~6 1.3 mm RET'D JUV. ♀ WING ALL TRACTS BP 1/6 x 27 mm, Lyst fal (1.9mm white seeds. TAIL MOLT PRESENT. 461 ♀ Carduelis psaltria 8.6gm L.O. 4.0x3.9mm FAT 0-1 STD) May 25 Ad.sk. No body molt. LT 3.5 x 3.2 mm crop RR: 4-6(R), 5-6(L) 462 ♂ Carduelis psaltria 9.2gm RI 3.2 x 3.0 FAT 1 STD TAIL MOLT. Las Cuevas, Big Band Ranch State Natural Area, Presidio County, Texas. Elevation 3600 ft. May 25 Ad.sk. No body molt crop empty RR: Ad. # 4-9(L) & 4-8 Edam. BP 1/8 x 27 mm, (R)- 9th PUTTING, LT OUT. ♀ RET OVIDUCT NOT FULL. 2 COVTS ALL OLD. 2 OUT. 1° COVTS TAIL MOSTLY 463 ♀ Carduelis psaltria 9.3gm L.O. 4.2 x 5.5 mm FAT 1 STD) Ojito Adentro, Big Band Ranch State Natural Area, Presidio County, Texas. Elevation 3850 ft. May 27 Ad.sk. Plumage fresh. No body molt. crop empty AD &'s 6/9Q RR: JUV 2-4 BILAT, 9th ° NO BP POT ENL. FAL. BILAT IN SHEATH. NEW 1° OVIDUCT NOT FULL. COVTS: OUT. 2(R), PEN- ULTIMATE (L). 464 ♀ Carduelis psaltria 10.5gm L.O. 7.5x 4.5 mm FAT 2-3 STD) Ad.sk. Lt body molt, ventral tracts only. LT 5.0 x 4.2 mm crop RR: O-5(L), 0-4(R) 465 ♂ Carduelis psaltria 10.1gm RI 4.0 x 3.5 FAT 2 STD)
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Tucker, John 1992 Catalogue Ojito Adentro, Big Bend Ranch State Natural Area, Presidio Co., Texas Elevation 3850 ft. May 25 (cont) Sk. nat off. LT <1mm 466 ♀ Carduelis psaltria 9.0gm RT <1mm FAT 2 LT <1mm Crop empty QJJ FF still in sheath. V. Heavy body, mottled all tracta this dark brown. Maxilla olive, mandible yellowish green; tarsal light gray-grayed foot of clear progressive, lighter gray brown. Sole pale yellowish COMP. SKEL Sk. off. Definitive ♀ plumage No molt. 467 ♀ Hirundo caerulea 30.2gm RT 10.0 x 7.0 FATO No active molt. Just not mortality stomach & four LT <1mm Small indistinct alighters this dark brown. Maxilla dark gray. Mandible bright gray-blue to gray brown; tarsal two dark gray. COMP. SKEL. Sk. nat off. 468 ♀ Catherpes mexicana 14.1gm RT <1mm FATO two dark from msc. mid-dark gray-brown; mand scapula & grise unmarked. Prop. toes yellowish, foot of tarsal dark gray. Las Cuevas, Big Bend Ranch State Natural Area, Presidio County, Texas Elevation 3600 ft. June 11 469 ♀ Carduelis psaltria 8.9gm RT 4.5 x 4.8 FAT 1 LT 4.8 x 4.2mm Crop empty Mouth not examined Juv. FF all retained. Ad.sk. Plumage v. worn. No ? active molt. No BP a em. Fol. product of 2nd crop Strip & scapula Tarsal RR: Juv. 1-(R)-(-G); 5th(R) cvt off, else new. Tail new 470 ♀ Carduelis psaltria 9.0gm LT 4.5 x 5.0mm FAT (-2) Ad.sk. Plumage fresh. No active molt. No BP, no em. Fol. Cull of em. canula gray Crop empty STO All ♀ wing & tail 471 ♀ Carduelis psaltria 9.3gm L.O. 2.5 x 4.5 mm FAT 3 STO June 12 472 ♀ Carduelis psaltria 9.5gm RT <1mm FAT 1 LT <1mm Hem thistles in crop Strip & scapula trace Tarsal Head wing & tail to go, not terribly fresh; "" vertically Ad.sk. Lt under ventral & capitate tracts LT 5.0 x 4.5 mm Crop empty Mouth not examined 1st Rt. 1" in sheath; cut, 4 2nd(R) bhati; 1 cvt all off; tail new. 473 ♀ Carduelis psaltria 9.9gm RT 4.5 x 4.2 FAT 1 STO Sk.off. only at heavy body & neck. No BP Crop empty Tarsal foot dark gray Two legs cooked & viscera rotted in cage. 474 ♀ Carduelis psaltria 8.2gm L.O. 2.2 x 10 mm FATO Sk.off. only at damage fresh. No active wear. No BP. Crop from my specimens. Lt 1" lost due to trauma in cage. 475 ♀ Carduelis psaltria 8.5gm L.O. 1.6 x 1.1 mm FAT 1 STO Ad.sk. Plumage fresh. No active molt. No BP; the cut, fat orbicular & neck. Crop & my specimens Lip & scapula 9th 1" white in sheath all then FF fresh 476 ♀ Carduelis psaltria 9.2gm L.O. 3.2 x 4.8 FAT 1 STO June 14 477 ♀ Carduelis psaltria 8.8gm L.O. 2.0 x 2.2 mm FAT TR Sk.nat off. mod body not vertically, hem ligula tracts Granular ground Crop full round yellowish 0.7mm thick Mouth not examined Fresh FF. 478 ♀ Carduelis psaltria 9.6gm RT <1mm FAT 2 Sk.nat off. Lip body much all tracts LT <1mm Crop my specimens Bill all gray & prop mandible blue-gray Lt. 9th "" missing; all other FP new, incl. 10 covts. 479 ♀ Carduelis psaltria 9.1gm RT <1mm FAT 2 Sk.nat off. LT <1mm Crop empty Lip & scapula Tarsal Fresh FF. Body most moderate to heavy ventrally & light dorsally.
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Jrudy 1992 Catalogue Zimria Creek Section (formerly Probe Ranch), Davis Mountains State Park, Jeff Davis Co., Texas. Elevation 5000 ft. June 16 480 Ad.sk. Lt. body molt all tracts. Carduelis psaltria 9.4gm RT 4.8x4.5 LT 3.5 x 3.0mm my small flower. CROP 1/2 full FAT I STD RT Bt's 1" MISSING, INNER 1/2" BITAT. NEW, ELSE OLD; INNER 2 (1 CAV'S) BITAT NEW, ELSE OLD. 481 Ad.sk. Feathr plummage: Un certain work. Carduelis psaltria 9.5gm RT 3.5x3.5 LT 3.8 x 3.5mm CROP empty FAT 2 STD BILL BRIGHT GREENISH & DIST. CULMEN, BLACKISH. HEAD, BLUE-GREY RR: JUW. 2-3 BIAT; ELSE FRESH FF. 482 Ad.sk. occiput only at Li molt control tracts Carduelis psaltria 89gm RT <1mm LT <1mm CROP full my small flower BIL all blue-grey YARNO, HEAD. FF all fresh RD <1mm FAT TR STD 483 Ad.sk. Plummage fresh, No molt Carduelis psaltria 9.0gm RT 6.0x5.0 LT 6.5 x 5.0mm CROP full thierical (one side bright yellowish red) FAT O STD RR: JUW. 2-2(R) 3-3(L) ONE OLD RECTANGUL; NEW (CAV'S): OUT; 3(A) FAUT. 484 Ad.sk. Plummage fresh-No molt Carduelis psaltria 9.8gm RT 5.515.0mm LT 6.0x5.0mm CROP empty STD RR: JUW. 2-4 BIAT; 1" CAV'S ALL OLD, TAIL NEW (ADULT) 485 Ad.sk. V. Right wing ventral tracts Carduelis psaltria 9.6gm RT 4.8x4.5 LT 6.5 x 4.8mm they were absent CROP 3/4 full FAT O-1 STD RR: JUW. 1-3 BIAT; OLD (1 CAVED) #5, #8(R) LAT. ONE OLD RECTANG. 486 Ad.sk. No body molt Carduelis psaltria 9.4gm RT 4.2x4.0 LT 4.2 x 4.0mm white heads CROP 3/4 full to FAT O STD CHING, TAIL JUW. X RT 1" -3" LT 1" (L); 1" CAV'S 2 BIAT, ONE NEW RECTANG. June 17 487 Ad.sk. Lt body molt Carduelis psaltria 9.4gm RT 5.2x4.5 LT 5.8 x 5.0mm CROP empty FAT I STD DISTAL 3/5 CULMEN BLACK, BILL BRIGHT GREENISH. RR: JUW. 2-3(R), 2-2(L). OLD (1 CAV'S): 1(BIAT) & (R) TAIL NEW 488 Ad.sk. Hard body molt Carduelis psaltria 10.2gm RT 2.2x2.0 LT 2.5 x 2.5mm CROP empty FAT I STD 1/3 #19 IN JEWEL BIAT, 2" #3,6 (4) CAVETH BIAT; RT 2"-3" RET'D; TAIL NEW UNDER RECT. STILL SHORT. 489 Ad.sk. Plummage fresh No body molt Carduelis psaltria 9.5gm RT 4.2x4.0 LT 4.8 x 4.2mm CROP #483 FAT TR STD TUNBL RIGHT BROWN, O RR: JUW. 2-3(R), 2-2(L); INNER 3 (1 CAVERS) OLD, TAIL ALL NEW. 490 Ad.sk. Plummage fresh No body molt Carduelis psaltria 8.9gm RT 6.5x6.0 LT 6.2 x 5.5mm CROP empty FAT O STD BILL OD TO 481 RR: AD 1" #2 BIAT; ELSE NEW, RT HALF TAIL LOST IN HOLDING CAGE. June 19 491 Ad.sk. Plummage fresh No rectum molt Carduelis psaltria 8.2gm RT 4.5x3.5 LT 4.8 x 4.0mm CROP empty FAT O-1 STD Hina & SOPA TARAI MED. GREEN. NO NUT EXAMINED RR: JUW. 1-9 BIAT; OLD (CAV'S) 1-2(R) 1-3(L). TAIL NEW. 492 Ad.sk. Plummage fresh Distal molt Carduelis psaltria 9.2gm RT 4.2x3.5 LT 4.2 x 3.8mm CROP empty FAT O STD Heath & RESORVED RR: JUW. 1-1 BIAT; RECTS ALL NEW. 493 Ad.sk Lt molt all tracts Carduelis psaltria 8.6gm L.O. 4.5 x 6.5mm LT 2.0 x 1.3 mm, OUTCUT FL BILL CROP empty FAT O STD SING & REPLACED FF all old X #2 TATTLED RECTANG. BLM Land along Cut Creek / mile E of Chan Ranch adjacent to Quarry Section of Disaous National Monument, Uinta Co., Utah. Elevation 5000 ft. June 14 1991 494 Ad.sk. Heavy vertical body molt Carduelis psaltria 9.6gm RT 3.0x3.0 LT 3.5 x 3.2mm CROP empty FAT 1-2 STD RIGHT PART HEAD, NECK ALL BUT ONE AT 1" IN (JEWEL) AUDING AS ARE RT (2" #4#8), RT CAV'D (JEWEL), RT TAIL IN MALT. This bird did yesterdays service as a feeder bird before dying June 29, 1992. It was captured as an SY male & RR: JUW 2-4 BIAT. Reacared Green Cocked after molt into ASY plummage.
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Jacker, Joe 1992 Catalogue Timpia Creek Section (formerly Bude Ranch), Davis Mountains State Park Jeff Davis Co., Texas. Elevation 5000 ft. June 20 Ad.sk. Plumeage fresh normal 495 ♀ Carduelis psaltria 9.0gm L.O. 4.2 x 4.8pm FAT 2 STD Paired with # 496. Largest follicle 1.3 mm (fairly large). Ad.sk. Plumeage fresh. 496 ♂ Carduelis psaltria 9.5gm RT 5.0 x 4.8 FAT STD Paired = # 495. Very light molt capitol tract. Ad.sk. Plumeage fresh. SK. molt capitol tract. 497 ♀ Carduelis psaltria 9.6gm RT 4.0x4.0 SK. not all. Heavy molt all tracts. 498 ♂ Carduelis psaltria 9.2gm RT <1mm LT 6.0 x 5.0mm empty LT 4.7x4.0 LT <1mm crop full empty FAT 3 FAT 2 FAT 3 RR: JuV 2-4(R)/6/2(1) (#/A)/♂# not 2(½). Out. 2 1/4 cut G, new blunt, all in. Cut Lt, else old, new tail. RR: JuV. 3-3 Biled. Rear 1/4 cut Lt. Penetrate RT, out. 3 Lt. Tail worn. Fresh FF. crop full if old yellowish (mild) seeds everywhere examined FAT 2 Bile all under grey 3 STD June 21 Ad.sk. few scattered not body molt. 499 ♀ Carduelis psaltria 9.2gm LT 5.0 x 4.5mm RD 5.0x4.5 crop full, white liquid imm seeds FAT 1-2 STD SK. all. few scattered no body molt. 500 ♀ Carduelis psaltria 9.7gm LT 5.5 x 4.5mm RT 5.0x4.2 crop full milk greenish yellow seeds FAT 1-2 STD This bird paired with # 501 SK. all. No body molt. 501 ♀ Carduelis psaltria 9.0gm L.O. 3.0x3.8mm No BP, Fol. crop full imm yellowish seeds, greenish seeds FAT 2 or STD This bird paired with # 500. RR: 2-3 Biled. 1/4 cut all old. RR: JuV 1-3 Biled. all. Tail. RR: 2-2 Biled. ad. tail. Ad.sk. 502 ♀ Carduelis psaltria 9.9gm L.O. 4.0x4.0mm No BP. Oviduct normal. zged. fol. 0.5mm crop ½ full 1/2 x 9/2 inch yellow seeds FAT 2-3 STD This bird is in extreme molt: body molt is heavy in all tracts. Tail molt is heavy. Wing coverts are closing in. Primary # 1-4 are in bilaterally, as is # 5 Rt. # 5 Lt. is nearly in. # 6 is coming in and # 7 is missing bilaterally. # 8 & 9 are old bilaterally. All secondaries on Rt are old, but outer 2 or 3pxs are being replaced. Largest tertial is coming in bilaterally. Primary coverts are new except for outermost Rt and 2 outermost Lt to left. Day Canyon San Gabriel Mountains 2 miles E and 3 miles N. of Chaffey College of Rancho Cucamonga San Bernardino National Forest San Bernardino County, California. Elevation 2600 ft. June 26 Lt body molt 503 ♂ Carduelis psaltria 8.8gm FAT 1 STD ad. ♀ wing 504 ♂ Carduelis psaltria 9.4gm FATS STD 505 ♀ Carduelis psaltria 9.3gm FAT 1 RR: 2-2 Biled. RR: 2-1(R) 2-9(L)
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Carduelis psaltria 9.3gm\nFAT I\nSTD\nFAT I\nSTD\niris frappeia,\njun, by plumage\njun, by plumage\nfour mites in feathers\nfour mites in feathers\nJune 28\n520 & Carduelis psaltria 8.7gm\nFAT I\nSTD\nsexed by plumage\nRR: none\n521 & Carduelis psaltria 8.7gm\neight spots ventral textio\n522 & Carduelis psaltria 9.0gm\nFATO\nSTD\nsexed by plumage\nRR: 2-2 Clack\nFAT I\nSTD\nRR: 2-2(R), 2-K(L)\n22491 Willow Drive Palo Cedro, Sasta County, California Elevation 500 ft.\nJune 29\n5K 657. v. Right body\nBP 16X18 mm. legs & tarsus\nCage & few\nbrief &\nmolt\nscarred leg in front.\nwhite seeds\nregin\nold FF\n523 ? Carduelis psaltria 9.3gm L.O. 5.5X7.5mm\nguided on end.\nCrap & full\nmouth not\nRR: AD 13,6-9\nskote.-no body molt\nBP 19X29 mm right for hour\ntiny white seed. examined\nsilent.\n524 ? 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Andrew J. 1992 Catalogue 2249 Willow Drive, Palo Cedro Siskiyou Co., California. Elevation 500 ft. June 29 (Cont) 525 ♂ Carduelis psaltria 8.9 gm RT 4.0 X 3.0 L.T. 4.5 X 4.0 crop ½ full white seeds FAT O-1 STD RR: 3-4 best left 2nd 2º, which is new. one new rectrix. 526 ♂ Carduelis psaltria 8.5 gm AD 6.5 X 4.0 sk 45º. 7 Ø dist 2X2 mm No body molt HYPOPLASTIC RT. PEORIALIS muscle crop ½ full white seeds FAT O-1 STD RR: 4-4 bilats. 527 ♂ Carduelis psaltria 9.2 gm sk aff. 1 mm lt parietal window No body molt L.T. 4,5 X 4,0 crop ½ full white seeds FAT 1-2 STD RR FF saved by plumage RR: 2-4(R), 2-3(L) 528 ♀ Carduelis psaltria 9.6 gm sk aff. 7 Ø dist 2X2 mm No body molt HYPOPLASTIC RT. PEORIALIS muscle L.T. 4,5 X 3,5mm crop ½ full white seeds FAT 1-2 STD saved by plumage RR: none 529 ♂ Carduelis psaltria 8.6 gm sk aff. 7 Ø dist 2X2 mm No body molt HYPOPLASTIC RT. PEORIALIS muscle L.T. 4,5 X 3,5mm crop ½ full white seeds FAT O-1 STD saved by plumage RR: 2-2 bilats 530 ♂ Carduelis psaltria 8.9 gm sk aff. 7 Ø dist 2X2 mm No body molt HYPOPLASTIC RT. PEORIALIS muscle L.T. 4,5 X 3,5mm crop ½ full white seeds FAT 1 STD saved by plumage 531 ♀ Carduelis psaltria 8.7 gm sk aff. 7 Ø dist 2X2 mm No body molt HYPOPLASTIC RT. PEORIALIS muscle L.T. 4,5 X 3,5mm crop ½ full white seeds FAT1 STD BLM land along Cub Creek, 1 mile E. of Clear Pointe adjacent to Quarry Section of Binosaur National Monument Uinta Co. Utah Elevation 5000 ft. June 14, 1991 Ad.sk. Plumage fresh. 2u molt crop empty Ad wing & tail. new & coming in. lt (o) lost due to cage trauma, in sheath as is one rectrix. 532 ♂ Carduelis psaltria 9.6 gm RT 4.5 X 4.0 LT 5.0X4.5 crop empty FAT 3 STD This bird was captured as ASY male w/ black color 75% black, increasing to 90% black to completion of molt. Note, then, that after this year's pre- alternate molt, it got less black. Washington Ranch adjacent to Rattlesnake Spring portion of Carlsad Caverns National Park, Eddy County, New Mexico, Elev. 3650 ft. July 8 533 ♂ Vireo flavifrons 17.4 gm RT 9.5 X 6.5 LT 9.2 x 7.5 mm STOM & CUTINGAL FRAGMENTS & 3 SM GREEN CATERSILLARS FAT I crop empty (IRIS BRIGHT RED, MOUTH LIVING PINK. BILL GRAY (M&R, SL DARKER) LEGS FEET BL BLUISH GRAY; CLAWS SAME W BUSKY TIPS, SANG TAPES. 534 ♂ Carduelis psaltria 9.6 gm RT 3.5 X 3D sk aff. 7 Ø dist 2X2 mm window mob. body molt LT occipito-parietal area ALL TRACTS LT 4,0 x 3,5mm crop empty FAT I STD 10 FEG 80% BILAT. 2º all old on lt. only F (new on Rt; Med, CwT, Alcula & Tail all old. 535 ♂ Carduelis psaltria 9.1 gm RT 4.2 X 3.8 sk aff. 7 Ø dist 2X2 mm window mob. body molt LT occipito-parietal area ALL TRACTS LT 4,0 x 3,5mm crop empty FAT GH STD ad wing & tail 536 ♂ Carduelis psaltria 9.4 gm sk aff. 7 Ø dist 2X2 mm window mob. body molt LT occipito-parietal area ALL TRACTS LT 4,0 x 3,5mm FAT I STD ad wing & tail 537 ♂ Carduelis psaltria 9.6 gm sk aff. 7 Ø dist 2X2 mm window mob. body molt LT occipito-parietal area ALL TRACTS LT 4,0 x 3,5mm FAT I STD ad wing & tail B-B 4-B
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Sucked John 1992 Catalogue Page Springs, on the Blitzen River, Harney County, Oregon. Eler. 4235 ft. July 23 538 \ Carduelis psaltria 9.6gm LT < 1mm SK. OST., LIGHT-MOD. BODYMOLT white shreds. crop is free FAT 1 STD Ad. flying & tail 539 \ Carduelis psaltria 9.0gm L.O. 1.5X2.5mm SK. OST., only at occiput LIGHT BODY No BP. No ENV. PAL. crop is poor white shreds. minute not examined. STD frail wings & tail 540 \ Carduelis psaltria 10.2gm RT 1.2X1.2 SK. OST., V. LIGHT MULTI DORSAL TRACTS LT 1.0X1.0mm crop empty FAT 2 STD old ad. flying & tail, only 3rd new. 541 \ Carduelis psaltria 9.1gm L.O. 1.8X3.0mm SK. 1/2 OST., V. HEAVY BODY MOLT EYE HINDERWNTWARE Jypt for 0.8 mm crop empty FAT STD frail wings & tail. Anterior parietal, frontal and postorbital areas are not ossified. Little Colorado River, 6.5 miles W. of Holbrook, Navajo Co., Oregon. Elevation 5050 ft. July 27 542 \ Carduelis psaltria 9.2gm RT 5.0X4.5 AD.sk. No gray molt. LT 5.5X4.8mm crop full FAT 1 STD Ad. flying & tail 543 \ Carduelis psaltria 9.7 RT 5.2X4.5 AD.SK. No Gray molt LT 4.5X3.8 mm crop full thistles legs of time FAT STD R2: 1-6 black. Ad. tail 1st covert new July 28 544 \ Carduelis psaltria 10.1gm L.O. 1.2mmX0.5 mm SK. ext OST. Heavy body molt crop full thistles Zypt of tail black. RT Greater 2nd coverts and 3rd filed in molt. 545 \ Carduelis psaltria 8.9gm RT 5.0X4.2 AD.sk. 5e. Copital tarsus molt crop 1/2 full thistles white & sepia Ad. wing & tail, 546 \ Carduelis psaltria 9.8gm RT 4.5X4.0 SK. OST. No body molt LT 5.0X4.0 mm crop full thistles minute not examined. STD western & inland gorals 547 \ Carduelis psaltria 9.6gm L.O. 1.8X2.8mm SK. OST. MOD-HEAVY BODY MOLT all feathers crop empty FAT 2 STD 1st 4/1 20% in RT, 40% in LT.; tail in molt. July 29 548 \ Carduelis psaltria 9.0gm RT 2.0X1.5 AD.SK. LT only molt. crop empty FAT 1 white & sepia R2: Juv 10#/billset, 3rd RT 5 2nd Lt 1st coverts old, also new. Dove Road near intersection with Pony Brown Road 2 1/2 miles S. of Michigan Bar, Sacramento California. Elevation 200 feet. May 8, 1991 549 \ Carduelis psaltria found in mummified state, given me in June, 1972. legs & feet dark brown; is not seen nor made. T.I.H. HANDL IS Rack Bar Salvage Collected by
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TRACHET, J. 1992 Catalogue Blackrock Bosque 1 mi. E. of Blackrock Junie Indian Reservation McKinley Co., New Mexico. Elevation 6425 ft. August 14, 1991 5K. OSS. HEAVY BODY MOLT ALL TRAITS 550 ♀ Protonotaria citrea 14.8gm RT 10x10am LT 1.0x1.0 am FAT 2 SINGING FULL SONG
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J. A. Trochet 1991-1992 Journal 1991 Nevada: Elko, White Pine Cos. Utah: Uinta Co. Colorado: Gunnison, Fremont Cos. New Mexico: San Miguel, Mora, McKinley, San Juan Cos. Utah: Washington Co. Calif: Kern, San Bernadino Cos. Arizona: Maricopa, Cochise Cos. New Mexico: Eddy, Grant Cos.
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thread, feb 1991 Journal Ruby Mountains and Ruby Lake National Wildlife Refuge, Elko and White Pine Counties, Nevada. June 2, 1991 This day was mostly one of observed travel. I left Sacramento, California shortly after midnight and arrived in Elko, Nevada about 07:30, having travelled via Interstate Highway 80 between the two. Having seen the Nevada Wildlife Department Office in Elko, I decided to wait until it opened at 09:30 to ask about potential field sites, and did so after breakfast at a local diner. I spoke to Bob who mentioned having seen the application for a state-wide collecting permit I submitted. He had two possible sites in mind for collecting goldfinches in the Elko area. These were along Tamsville Creek, near the village of Tamsville, and along the S. Fork Humboldt River on the Ta-moak Indian Reservation. After I left I headed for Tamsville. The deciduous vegetation along the creek in the vicinity of town and around the habitations of the villagers seemed to hold no fewer goldfinches. I then (09:30) ascended the canyon of Tamsville Creek to the end of the road in the Ruby Mountains Scenic Area, stopping several times to listen for goldfinches over the deciduous vegetation covering the slopes above the creek. I heard none. At the end of the road, one found winter once again. A more or less linear array of conifer clumps were scattered along the drainage. Snow nearly completely covered the slopes except for sizable rock & bush exposures on the southeast facing slope. I made an oval shaped route up this slope up the drainage, and then back to the car. Highlights were Hemilayan Suncrest (Rye!) and, truly, at my feet, Black Rock Firs. Back at the car (11:30), I grabbed a snack and headed back to Elko, but turned south on Nevada Highway 46 towards the Ta-moak Indian Reservation. Following an
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June, July 1991 Journal Ruby Mountains and Ruby Lake National Wildlife Refuge, Elko & White Pine Counties, Nevada June 9 (cont.) improved road paralleling the Humboldt River. I checked the cottonwoods without success for sign of Lesser Goldfinca. I talked to two residents I encountered. Neither was familiar with this bird, though one recognized the picture of American Gold- finch. After a couple fruitless hours of looking for goldfinches, I returned to Highway 46 and continued south. Three miles south of Jiggs, the road diverges and I went east to cross the Ruby Mountains over Barrand Pass. The upper road was snow- free, and the slopes above the road far more snow free than upper Lemville Creek. At the T-intersection at the road end, I turned south to Ruby Lake National Wildlife Refuge. Water levels appeared quite low. I toured the refuge for a couple hours (15:45 - 18:00), stopping at the headquarters but finding it closed. I returned to Interstate 80 via the scenic road along the east side of the Rubies to Highway 229 to US Highway 93 to Wells, Nevada & the interstate. I wrote there after at a rest area east of Wendover, Utah, still heading east on I-80. The weather today was splendid. Temperatures ranged from ~45°F this am in Elko to 45-50° at roads and in the Ruby 80° at Mountain Scenic Area, to 65° at Te-Mate TR, and Ruby Lake National Wildlife Refuge. The wind came up around 18:00 in the scenic area, a brisk down-canyon wind of 15 mph, and continued for the remainder of this cloudless day, being more variable in direction in the lower elevations. No birds were seen today. Mammals seen were ground squirrel sp, muskrat and deer track.
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Darcy John 1991 Journal Ruby Mountains and Ruby Lake National Wildlife Refuge, Echo of White Pine County Nevada June 9 (Sat) Birds: Bird killed by Bobe Double-crested Cormorant Great Blue Heron Snowy Egret Black-crowned Night Heron Canvas Back Thalless Dabwall Grouse-winged Rail American Wigeon Western Shoveler Redhead Canvasback Lesser Scaup Ruddy Duck Turkey Vulture Northern Harrier Red-tailed Hawk Prairie Falcon American Kestrel Himalayan Snowcock Virginia Rail American Coot Kildeer Long-Geared Curlew Willet Forster's Tern Black Tern Morning Dove Common Nighthawk White-throated Swift Barn-tailed Hornbill Northern (R-S) Flicker Lewis' Woodpecker Hairy Woodpecker Western Kingbird Say's Phoebe Dusky Flycatcher Western Wood Pewee Horned Lark Violet-green Swallow N. Rough-winged Swallow Barn Swallow Cliff Swallow Black-billed Magpie Common Raven American Crow Clark's Nutcracker Mountain Chickadee House Wren Marsh Wren Rock Wren
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Journal Ruby Mountains and Ruby Lake National Wildlife Refuge, Ecks & White Pine Counties, Nevada June 9th (Sat) Sage Thrasher American Robin Townsend's Solitaire Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Ruby-crowned Kinglet Water Pipit Ragged-sided Flycatcher European Starling Solitary (Bewterm?) Vireo Warbling Vireo Orange-crowned Warbler Yellow Warbler Yellow-rumped Warbler MacGillivray's Warbler Common Yellowthroat Wilson's Warbler Western Meadowlark Yellow-breasted Blackbird Red-winged Blackbird Bullock's Oriole Boweni's Blackbird Brown-headed Cowbird Lazuli Bunting Green-tailed Towhee Savannah Sparrow Vesper Sparrow Fork Sparrow Dark-eyed Junco (Vegan) Chipping Sparrow Brewer's Sparrow White-crowned Sparrow Song Sparrow Black Rosy Finch House Finch Cassin's Finch Claw Ranch adjacent to Quarry Section of Dinosaur National Monu- ment, Uinta County, Utah. Elevation 5000 feet. June 10 Today was another day devoted largely to travel and finding a good field locality. On the recommendation of Prof. William Baker, I drove to the Vernal-Jensen area of northeastern Utah, said by him to have a good population of Lesser Goldfinch.
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Texas John 1991 Journal Cow Ranch adjacent to Quarry Section of Dinosaur National Mon- ument, Uinta Co., Utah. Elevation 5000 feet June 10 (Sat) I traveled east on Interstate 80, turning off at US Highway 40, about 20 miles west of Salt Lake City. (I-80 replaced Hwy 40 farther west). I followed Hwy 40 east to Kernal, arriving 10:40. I asked at a couple restaurants for leads to local ranchers who might allow me to work on their property. One lead was offered, but permission denied. In Jensen, reached via Hwy 40 from Kernal, I had three leads offered me at a small restaurant by a local postmaster. Two of these resulted in refusals and the third was "possible," but the person with the authority to grant permission was not available, and he would be back for two days. But encouragingly, there are lesser Goldfields about. Cottonwoods lining creeks and ditches about Jensen appear to support very decent numbers. About 15:30 I decided to visit Dinosaur National Monument, the Quarry of grcat fame being only 5-6 miles from Jensen. There, I asked also for permission to work on the National Monument. This was not denied outright, but I would have to apply on a form period, and the decision would take some time (weeks). The quarry itself was impressive. I had decided to spend the night at the National Monument campground on the Green River. After setting out my tent and equipment beneath the large cottonwoods shading my campsite, I noticed a ranch across the river. Just after supper, I drove across the bridge just downstream and paid a call at the Cow Ranch Headquarters. There I spoke first to a young woman of about 3. She said that the men were away moving
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Journal Claw Ranch adjacent to Quarry Section of Dinosaur National Monument, Uinta Co., Utah. Elevation 5000 ft. June 10 (Sat) Livestock. She said I was welcome to explore the grounds of the ranch until the person with authority to grant permission Lorna returned. That would be Mrs. Claw, the matriarch. So from 8:45 - 19:45, I walked the shelter belts of cottonwood [illegible] poplar and checked the thickets of grape, Virginia creeper, poison ivy and coyote willow next to [illegible] the dwelling. There were some 10-12 Lesser Goldfinches and a like number of American Goldfinches present. Just before sundown, Mrs. Claw returned home & invited me into her home. After a brief conversation, she allowed me to work on her ranch. I returned to my campsite across the river, to write up these notes, then to sleep. Claw Ranch, adjacent to Quarry Section of Dinosaur National Monu- ment, Uinta Co., Utah. Elevation 5000 ft. June 11-17 - I broke camp and left the NPS Green River Campground before sunrise in order to more completely survey the Claw Ranch for nest sites, spending most of the morning walking the wooded areas of the Ranch south of Cut Creek, excluding the gated area to the south. The majority of large linear cottonwood groves had cleared no understory, and were located for the most part on the margins of hay and grain fields. Despite the suboptimal habitat, Lesser Goldfinches were fairly numerous, particularly in west-south- the row of large cottonwoods along the Green River west of the ranchers' dwellings. After lunch, I drove the road beyond the turnoff to the ranch. This road shortly changed its westerly course to east, paralleling the course of Cut Creek. In a
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TRACET, JOHN 1991 Journal 7. Chew Ranch adjacent to Bureau Section of Dinosaur National Monu- munt, Uinta Co. Utah. Elevation 5000 ft. June 11-17 Few miles this road transects BLM land between Chew Ranch (CNUT) and NPS lands of Dinosaur National Monument. Repinon Grove along Cut Creek have 30+ Lesser Goldfinches in a cursory survey, mostly in the Cottonwood-dominated woodlands in the lower and mid portions of the Cut Creek Drainage. In these areas rocky outcrops frequently hold large pictographs and/or petroglyphs, visible at distances of 20-50 yards from the road. The upper portion of the creek was dominated by box elder and had few Lesser goldfinches and for more American goldfinches. I put up no nets today, but I got good ideas for their placement, both on the Ranch proper, and on the BLM land. Weather June 11: Dawn was clear, windless, about 55°F. 5-10 mph W. winds began about 09:30, steadily varied about 14:00, when thunderheads appeared to the NW. At this time winds increased to 15 mph, with lighter gusts. The Thunder heads passed over from 15:15 to 18:45. Rain fell briefly and moderately in two periods: 15:55-16:10 and 19:15-17:25. High Temp (at thundercease) was about 85°F. Clouds persisted in season extent until about half an hour before sunset, but sun set in a sky as cloudless as at dawn! On June 12, I set up nets near the House trailers west of them. Jamie Chew's house. One site was beneath the Cottonwood-Limberby poplar shelter belt near a tangle of mixed grass/bush/wildflowers on one side and the garden plot of the trailer (one unit) and an enormous hay
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June, 1971 Journal 8. Crew Ranch adjacent to Perry section of Dinosaur National Monu- ment (Uinta Co., Utah. Elevation 5000 ft. June 11-17 field [illegible] on the other, dividing the judes birds one to [cont.] each net, as usual. The [illegible] nets were visited every half hour, or so. The nets were open from 06:15 to 14:30, but I caught no goldfinches; only a few starlings & catbirds, and lots of house finches. In the late afternoon, I moved the nets and the judes birds to the cottonwoods along the Green River west-southwest of Ranch Headquarters, with 2 nets open from 15:45 to 18:30; again no success. I spent the cast hour or so of day light, with nets and birds put away in the car, walking lower Cut Creek, where it traverses the Crew property. Since goldfinches flew over my nets today, I selected net sites for tomorrow that provided perches at net height. At dusk, and finishing in too dark, I set up 5 nets in young cottonwoods and willows (2 nets) and against the green stock dips of a nearly vertical tangle of a blackberry thegle down a slope. Weather June 12: dawn clear, windless, 55° F. Light variable winds to 10:00 until 12:00, then gusty 10-15 mph to dusk. It became entirely overcast by 14:45. Tundra lupes sent me to crew at 16:30. No rain today, but humidity high (sticky) all afternoon & early evening. High temp today about 78°F. June 13, I was awoken at 05:05 by light rain. Despite solid, dark cloud cover, a few birds were singing; mainly Bun. nobins. I opened my nets by 05:20, but there were made too waster being to sun and/or wind after 10:00. I then moved the nets to more wind-sheltered sites along Cut Creek
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TROCKET, J. 1991 Journal Chew Ranch, adjacent to jurisdiction of Dinosaur National Mon- ument, Uinta County, Utah. Elevation 5000 ft. June 11-17 on BLM land about 1 mile E. of the Chew Ranch. These nets (CoW) were open from 11:10 to 14:00. At least I enjoyed some net (bow COW) success, both on the ranch and on BLM lands. Owing to (2K other app.) threatening weather, collecting activities were suspended after 14:00. I spent most of the afternoon and early evening putting up birds in the shelter of my tent. But before doing this I briefly explored the south part of the Chew Ranch, known to the crews as the sheep shearing corral area. This is the gated area mentioned earlier. This area showed both promise for goldfinches, and less a intensive presence as a composite on the ranch. I then free moved camp to a feat bluff above the drainage (no name given to the creek by the crews). Weather June 13: Solid overcast, high humidity, light breeze, <50°F at dawn. Partly cloudy 8:45-12:30, otherwise Highest Temp ~95°F clearly all day. A very darkly cloudy to 14:00, with intermittent showers 15:30-16:15; Heavy downpour, lightning very clear, and fierce ferociously 18:15-19:00. V. Windy today from 10:30- 19:15, winds out of S. 10-15 mph, until thunderstorms, when wind direction was variable and to 25 mph or more. On June 14, I continued to work two nets on BLM land about 1 mile E. of Chew Ranch property, the same premises as yesterday. Among many birds caught were a few lesser goldfinches. When the weather deteriorated about midday, I closed the nets and returned to camp. Eating lunch while walking, I explored the sheep shearing
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Journal Chew Ranch, adjacent to Quarry Section Division National Monu- ment, Uinta Co., Utah. Elevation 5000 ft. June 11-17 area and continued walking up close to the S. into BLM P-T (Cort) dominited land. The walk was curtailed owing to weather. I spent the afternoon and early evening huddled against the foul weather in my tent. Weather June 14: dawn was cloudy, humid, 60°F., with light NW breeze. Skies cleared to partly cloudy from 0P:30-11:30, then became solidly cloudy again. From 13:30-14:45, winds were intermittently extremely high, associated & lightning & thunder but little precipitation. At 14:10, these winds pulled up off the ground three corners of my tent (pulling the stakes from the ground) with my equipment and me inside, pivoting the tent 145-145° degrees clockwise and dragging it while they 15 feet & the creek! The tent & contents suffered only minor injury. Skies cleared to partly cloudy at 17:15. After 18:15 it was mostly clear, with winds edging entirely around sunset. Temp 60° at sunrise, rising to 80°F around 11:45, falling to about 65°F during thunder showers. Crude maps of the area: GREEN RIVER NPS GREEN R. CAMPGROUND X CHEW SPLIT MOUNTAIN CUB CREEK BLUE MOUNTAIN overview map
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Tracy John 1991 Journal Chow Ranch, adjacent to Quarry Section of Deadhorse National Monument, Uinta Co, Utah. Elevation 5000 ft. June 11-17 more maps (cont) Chow Ranch NPS GREEN RIVER CAMPGROUND SHelter BELTS GREEN RIVER FREMONT NICE COTTONWOOD RIPARIAN WOODLAND (BIG TREES) RIPARIAN ZONE OF SMALL-MED. COTTON- WOODS & WILLOWS, WITH GRAPE, VIRGINIA Creeper, BLACKBERRY, POISON IVY & GRASSES, INTERMIXED. NOT CLOSED CANOPY. CUB CREEK 1ST CAMP RANCH ARCHWAY HAY & GRAIN FIELDS BRAUSHY FIELDS & SLOPES BLM LAND ROAD GATE RANCH BOUNDARY 2ND CAMP UNNAMED CREEK NET SITES 3RD ROAD CANYON RIPARIAN SETTING OF MED. 30-40" 12" DBH FREMONT COTTONWOODS (INTERMITTENTLY CLOSE CANOPY). EQUAL IN STREAM BOTTOM, UNDERSTORY OF GRAPE CREEPER, VIRGINIA POISON IVY, CANYONS 15-30 FT. DEEP. BOX ELDER DOMINATED CANYON RIPARIAN WOOD- LAND, UNDERSTORY COMPOSITION LESS WELL DEVELOPED BUT COMPOSING SIMILAR, COMPARED TO DOWNSTREAM. CANYONS SHALLOWER. BLM LAND SLOPES DOMINATED BY UTAH JUNTIFER; ADMIXED WERE SEVERAL PINUSIES, INCL. MOUNTAIN MAHOANY, CLIFFROSE, 3 OTHERS, ALSO GREASEWOOD, BIG SAGE BRUSH, TWO SPECIES OF UNDA.
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Threw, John 1991 Journal 12. Chew Ranch, adjacent to Quarry section of Dinosaur National Monument, Uinta Co., Utah. Elevation 5000 ft. June 11-17 more maps (Coit) Cub Creek drainage N <--1/4 mile--> GREEN RIVER RANCH HQ CHEW RANCH BOUNDARY ROAD COTTONWOOD DRAINATED RIPARIAN WOODLAND UNDERSTORY FAIRLY WELL DEVELOPED. ** BLM LANDS MUTELY OVERGRAZED GRASS/BRUSH WITH GREASEWOOD, BIG SAGEBRUSH, CANE CRAGLA ROAD MAINTENANCE EQUIP. PARKING BOX ELDER DRAINATED RIPARIAN WADDS. ** UNDERSTORY PLANTS INCLUDE COYOTE WILLAW, SQUAWBUSH, GRAPE, GRASSES. Creek gradient very mild. In most places, rocky uplands were 50-75 yards from the creek, but rocks and eastern slopes closely confined the stream in several places. Rocks close to creek often decorated with pictographs or petroglyphs. I awoke June 15 and moved two nets (opening the other two) to the canyon riparian woodland along the unnamed creek in the south part of the ranch. I spent the morning running from net to net to net to net. Highlights was finding a trio of adults Lasson goldfinches at a meal (5A); these were subsequently collected by shotgun. The mist nets were relatively un- American productive, with but 2 lessons taken on the ranch property. I spent most of the afternoon putting up the birds (nets closed from 12:00-18:00). I then moved one BLM land net to
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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
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TRACHET, J. 1991 Journal Chew Ranch adjacent to Quarrel location of Divisional National Forest- mounts, Uinta County, Utah. Elevation 5000 ft. June 11-17 in a grassy wood planted in an irrigated field. This nest was (Crith) visited by two males. All three were netted by late afternoon. (Fra S.A.) Many of today's captures were not readily vocal, and were kept alive for recording & specimen preparation on June 17. I took down the BLM land note at dusk. The weather June 16 was warm, a carbon copy of yesterday's; lacking only the close-passing late afternoon thundercloud: Temps 45-80°F, light NE winds, low humidity; very few clouds all day. I stayed in camp all day June 17, inside the tent most of the day. I spent a little time recording goldfinches, looking at mist notes from my camp (closing up both at 09:30) and emerging periodically to stretch my limbs. Inside the tent I put up goldfinches captured on BLM land yesterday & write up notes for this field site. The weather observations made today were less detailed: it was mostly clear, temps, range 50-85°F, low humidity, winds light. I departed from camp after bathing in the creek below and thinking cars. Clear, leaving at 20:30. Species list for Chew Ranch & vicinity: auks: Bufo sp reptiles: Sceloporus undulatus Utah stansburiana Cnemidophorus sp Thamnophis sp - DOR Pituophis melanoleucus
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TROCHET, J 1991 Journal Claw Ranch, adjacent to Quarry Section of Dinosaur National Monument Uinta Co., Utah. Elevation 5000 ft. June 11-17 Birds: Great Blue Heron Barn Swallow (cont) Canada Goose Black-billed Magpie Wallark Rock Wren Turkey Vulture Canyon Wren Cooper's Hawk House Wren Red-tailed Hawk Plain Titmouse Peregrine Kestrel Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Chukar American Robin Kildeer European Starling Common Snipe Gray Vireo Rock Dove Blue-headed Vireo Mourning Dove Warbling Vireo W. Screech-owl Virginis's Warbler Great Horned Owl Yellow Warbler Common Nighthawk Black-throated Grey W. Peregrine American Redstart White-throated Swift Wilson's Warbler Black-chinned Hummingbird Yellow-breasted Chat W. Wood-pewee Blue Grosbeak Gray Flycatcher Lazuli Bunting Say's Phoebe Rufous-sided Towhee Red-throated Flycatcher Chipping Sparrow W. Kingbird Zork Sparrow Virid-green Swallow Western Woodpecker N. Rough-winged Swallow Brewer's Blackbird Cliff Swallows Brown-headed Cowbird
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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
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June 4, J. 1991 Journal Never Sink, Curecanti National Recreation Area, approx 12 miles W. Granby, Grand Co, Colorado. Elevation [illegible]. June 18 Sink, Curecanti National Recreation Area, along the Green (Creek) River. This is a cottonwood-alder dominated riparian setting with much of the understory provided by young trees of the dominant species. There was a nearly continuous carpet of green grass 6-8" high. A spend 10:30 to 11:30 walking the well-worn riverside trail. Also present in quantity were coyote willow, numerous fife, numerous rag- ciwld along the latter being dandelions. Weather here was partly cloudy, very little breeze, temperature about 70°F. Species list: Herp: wandering garter snake - 1, 20" Birds: Great Blue Heron - 2 ad Red-winged Blackbird - 18 Spotted Sandpiper - 2 pro Warbling Vireo - 29 Common Nightingale - 2 Yellow Warbler - 30 Broad-tailed Hummingbird - 4 F Song Sparrow - 8 N. Flicker - 1 H.O. Brown-headed Cowbird - 12 W. Wood Pewee - 2 Bell's Vireo - 4 Tree Swallow - 2 S Cassin's Finch - 1 S Violet-green Swallow - 60 Pine Siskin - 3 N. Rough-winged Swallow - 3 Lesser Goldfinch - 5 (incl. 2 Cliff Swallow - 85 ad. green-backed ??) House Wren - 15 H.O. manual: golden mantled ground squirrel. Canon City, Fremont Co, Colorado. Elevation 5372 ft. June 18-19 From Curecanti NRA, I drove E on U.S. Highway 50 through Granby, over Monarch Pass, past Salida and into Canon City. After stopping at the Chamber of Commerce, I went
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TROCHET, J. (1991) Journal Cañon City, Fremont Co., Colorado. Elevation 5332 ft. June 18-19: To visit Jeff Trueman of the Recreation & Park District for per- (Corrit) mission to walk and bird along the Arkansas River in town, as this is the type locality for the species. Gratifyingly, he granted permission & location. He informed me that most of the city's streets of the Arkansas River was a park known locally as the River Walk, with access on both eastern & western ends, the park itself almost 2 miles long. After a bit of shopping and reserving a motel room, I walked to River Walk, first from the west end and from 16:15-17:45; then from the east end and from 18:05 to 20:00. Through town to river has a gentle gradient running to the east. Appropriate for the county, Fremont Cottonwoods are two dominant trees, with many old, large trees present, but all size classes were noted. Two kinds of willow (Black willow (?) / Coyote willow) contributed significantly to the riparian woodland, as to a lesser extent did Ash. There was a very little Russian olive and even less Tamarisk. Lots of grasses and forbs (ince several compositae) made up the green ground cover. There were a few marshes toward the east end of the park. These had Tupara & Scirpus as their dominant emergents, with a concentration of willows nearby. The bluff slopes on the south side of the river had big sagebrush, cholla and dry grass. The weather was partly cloudy, W. wind at temp., about 75-70°F. Species list for River Walk, Cañon City, June 18: Green-backed Heron - 5 ad Kiskadee - 2 H.O. Mallard - 2 ad ?, 6 young Rock Dove - 8 Virginia Rail - 1 H.O. Whirring Dove - 25
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TROCHET J. 1991 Journal Canyon City, Fremont Co., Colorado. Elevation 5372 ft. June 18-19 Yellow-billed Cuckoo - 3 European Starling - 125 (Creek) Broad-tailed Hummer Yellow Warbler - 10 Downy Woodpecker - 2 Common Yellowthroat - 5 N. Flicker - 1 H.O. Yellow-breasted Chat - 6 (N. Wood Pewee - 3 Black-headed Grosbeak - 3 Say's Phoebe - 1 H.O. Blue Grosbeak - 3 N. Rough-winged Swallow - 10 Jaybird Bunting - 5 Bare Throated - 1 Indigo (a Indigo Jay) - 1 Black-billed Magpie - 15 Song Sparrow - 6 Black-capped Chickadee - 3 House Finch - 12 Benick's Wren - 4 Lesser Goldfinch - 5 House Wren - 8 American Goldfinch - 3 American Robin - 45 On the morning of June 19, I revisited the River Walk from 05:45 to 07:45, mostly on the west end. The morning was clear, light breeze from E., Temp about 60°F. Birds not found yesterday were American Kestrel & Spotted Towhee; more conspicuous were the woodpeckers, Black-capped Chickadees, and Black-headed Grosbeaks. Others were Green-backed Heron, Killdeer & Virginia Rail. Two Lesser Goldfinches were seen. Beaver Creek Wildlife Management Area 10 miles NE Canyon City Fremont Co., Colorado. Elevation 6100 ft. June 19-23 After leaving the River Walk, I drove to BLM office on the west edge of Canyon City. After stating my interest, I was directed to Paul Trentych and Erik Brekke. They did not know of anyone in town that would have numbers of Lesser
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June John 1991 journal Beaver Creek Wildlife Management Area, 10 miles NE of Canon City, Fremont Co., Colorado. Elevation 6100 ft. June 19-23 goldfinches if the river walk did not. This dashed my hope of (CA) collecting a nice topotypical series. They recommended I try a place not far from town to the northeast, Beaver Creek WMA, a wildlife study area with promising-sounding riparian habitat just beyond roads end. Following their directions, I reached the area from Canon City via US 50 east to County Road 67 to County Road 123 to County Road 132. The county roads traversed mostly overgrazed rolling plains with scattered Spartia ereti, with pinyon-juniper savanna and woodland as one traversed County Road 132. I arrived at roads end about 10:00. Weather en route was partly cloudy, about 70°F. Verte- brates seen en route were: Amphibians: Bufo sp. -1 Birds: American Kestrel -2 Mourning Dove -25 Burrowing Owl -1 Horned Lark -6 Scrub Jay -1 Black-billed Magpie -3 Common Crow -2 Plain Titmouse -1 Canyon Towhee -2 Vesper Sparrow -8 Dark Sparrow -12 House Finch -20 Meadows: Zapus Californicus -3
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Journal June 19-28 Upon arrival at Beaver Creek WMA, I first assessed numbers (CA) of lesser goldfinches in the riparian corridor of Beaver Creek, and there appeared to be very good numbers. I then set up my tents in a clump of trees (narrow cottonwood & box elder) in a grassy gently sloping field, so that I would be shaded in the afternoon. I then explored the area to look for net sites and potential concentrations of goldfinches away from the riparian corridor. This is a rough map of the area. P-3 RIDGE MISS NET LOCATION! PINYON-JUNIPER UPLAND ROLLING GRASSY FIELDS WITH SCATTERED TREES X CAMP OLD SHACK CRANBERRY RUN / 32 PONY-JUNIPER SLOPE FEW PONDEROSA PINEs CREEK GRADIENT STEADY ABOUT 5% CONTINUOUS RIPARIAN WOODS BEAVER CREEK GRASSY FIELDS WITH SCATTERED TREES PONDERSA PINES IN DRAINAGE <->100 yds. The dominant riparian woodland tree was narrow-leaf cottonwood, but lance-leaf and Fremont cottonwoods were also observed in fair quantity. The trees were 40-60 ft tall, with 1-2 ft
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Teresa / J. 1991 Journal Bower Creek Wildlife Management Area, 10 mile NE Cañon City, Thomson Ct., Colorado. Elevation 6100 ft. June 19-23 dbr typical. Tree reproduction has recently been good with (cout) many small trees and saplings also present. Peach-leaf willow was also fairly common as a co-dominant, less common was box elder, and these were generally smaller trees. Labraty shrubs were distributed in frequent thick clumps the length of the explored riparian zone (about 600 yards). These included squawbush, currant, wild rose, and crypts willows. With the exception of a well-worn fisherman's trail, the ground elsewhere was heavily grown to 6-15" grasses and great clover, immediate with a scattering of other wildflowers. Away from the riparian zone, green grassy fields on gently rolling slopes covered the ground between the creek and two fence line just south of the road, punctuated here and there with scattered, mostly medium sized brooklime and cottonwoods. Between the parking lot and the creek was an old shack and broken down corral. The fencing near too shack and the south side of the shack itself was overgrown with Virginia creeper. The surrounding uplands were not explored or carefully studied floristically. They were seem- ingly dominated by Colorado Penyon & Junipers sp. North of the creek, the slope also had some scattered ponderosa pines. These pines grow most abundantly in a drainage south of the parking lot. The creek itself was quite crowded today with trout fishermen. I didn't see any fire token. After supper I set up four sight nets, but did not open them since little day- light remained. Weather at Bower Creek WMA June 19 was partly cloudy.
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Journal Beaver Creek Wildlife Management Area, 10 miles NE of Canon City, Fremont Co., Colorado. Elevation 6100 ft. June 19-23 until noon, then solidly cloudy the remainder of the day. (cont) There were more-or-less continuous showers from 15:10 to 17:30, then a cloud burst from 17:30 to 17:50. Lightning flashed seemingly very close several times. After the downpour, it rained intermittently to 19:30. Winds were variable 2-5 mph except near thunderstorms, when they were much higher and gustier. The temperature ranged from 60-75°F. On June 20, I spent the day running nets, beginning at 05:15, and recording and putting up specimens. Owing to winds, nets were closed 14:15 to 17:00, and closed for the day at 19:30. Cardinals are indeed plentiful, and I secured 5 petrins and one pinto today, a pretty good day. Weather June 20, 1991 was clear in the morning with intermittent light NE breezes switching to SW 5-10 mph @ 10:00. The afternoon was partly cloudy, mostly cloudy from 13:45 to about 17:00. A thunderstorm threatened around 15:30, but this brought only high winds and scattered drops. Temp. range today was 55°-85°F. On June 21, I again spent the day running between nets until about 11:00 when I had to leave goldeneyes to record & prepare and a pete siskin to take care of. I resumed the nets at 18:30, but higher winds increased net visibility and I caught no late birds. John Rodriguez, Colorado Division of Wildlife officer I called from the BLM office for notification of collecting activities in his jurisdiction, paid a visit, checking my permits and looking at my field set-up. This visit lasted
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Journal 24. June, J. 1991 Boarer Creek Wildlife Management Area, 10 miles NE Canon City, Fremont Co., Colorado. Elevation 6100 ft. June 19-23 about forty-four minutes, concluding at 15:10. Our daylight of the (cont) day was a very brisk bath in the creek during late afternoon. The second was catching a Broad-tailed Hummingbird in my work tent. I'm surprised that it entered such a small opening in the zipper; presumably a red sweater it was too attraction. Weather June 21 saw temperatures range from 55-70 F; there were steady winds 5-10 mph out of NE, except from 09:30 to 11:30, when they were intermittent, and after 18:00, when they were higher, about 10-15 mph. There was no threat of rain today. June 22 was spent mostly in the tent, sheltered from the rain, which began at 04:05 and continued steadily until 05:15, when it began to rain very hard, associated with gusty winds. This lasted until 06:30. From 06:30 to 15:15, there were steady 10-15 mph SW winds, frequent gusts, and frequent intermittent rains. At 15:15, and continuing for 70 minutes, winds abated and skies mostly cleared. I cleaned my nets, opened them, and enjoyed a goldfinch bonanza, catching (6 Carduelis psaltria! Rain resumed 16:45 and finally stopped at 19:10. I spent the remain- ing daylight recording birds, and working until after midnight (02:25) putting up about half those collected today. The remainder were kept in the ice box until morning light. Cloud and precipitation information have already been given in the preceding paragraph. Other weather parameters for June 22 were the range of temperature of 60-70 F and the shift of winds to 5-15 out of the NE at sunset. On June 23, I never opened my mist nets, but stayed in
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journal Brown Creek Wildlife Management Area, 10 miles NE of Canon City, Fremont Co., Colorado. Elevation 6,100 ft. June 19-23: this work tent putting up the remaining goldfinches captured (cont) June 22. This work I began at about 07:00, after a late rising and a filling breakfast. I worked straight through to almost 15:00. I then took down my mist nets, broke camp, and just before returning to Canon City, took a quick look in the creek. I left about 16:30 Weather June 23 brought early rain, from 04:00 to 06:30, skies clearing by 07:00. Temperature ranged from 60°-85°. A few clouds reappeared about 15:00, and at the time of departure there were thunderheads to the N. Winds out of the NE 5-15 mph blew all day. Species list for Brown Creek WMA: Implications: none Raptors: Citrophis melanoleucus - 1, June 23 Birds: Morning Dove Scrub Jay White-throated Swift Black-capped Chickadee Broad-tailed Hummingbird House Wren Belted Kingfisher American Dipper Downy Woodpecker W. Bewick N. Flicker Hermit Thrush W. Wood Pewee American Robin Red-wing Flycatcher Warbling Vireo Gray Flycatcher Yellow Warbler Cordilleran Flycatcher Yellow-breasted Chat Violet-green Swallow W. Tanager Steller's Jay Black-hooded Oriole
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June 1991 Journal Bear Creek Wildlife Management Area, 10 miles NE Cañon City, Fremont Co., Colorado. Elevation 6100 feet. June 23-23 (Coit) Dove Tree Sparrow Zebra Finch Saguli Bunting Brown-headed Cowbird Indigo Bunting N. (Bullock's) Oriole Saguli x Indigo Bunting House Finch Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pine Siskin Chipping Sparrow Lesser Goldfinch Vesper Sparrow Mammals: Sylvilagus sp. - 1, June 22; Deer Track. Cañon City, Fremont Co., Colorado. Elevation 5332 feet June 23-24 I retraced my route back to Cañon City, in hopes of collecting at least a few typespecies. On my return, I left a note of thanks on the locked door of the BLM office, rented a motel room for the night, and dined at a local restaurant. Beginning about 19:00, I walked the River Walk once again, this time seriously looking for wet sites in the vegetation. I saw greater floristic diversity than I noticed on my earlier trip. Besides cottonwoods, other significant woodland tree species include box elder, willow, locust, mulberry (in fruit) and Siberian elm. Understory plants commonly found were grape, poison ivy, coyote wilery, and Virginia creeper. There were scores of people using the park, and I was therefore loathe to dry my nets out for evening set-up. I noted where two nets could be set up easily and safely, by flashlight if need be, early the following morning, and left the park at 20:15.
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Tucker 1991 Journal June 23-24 Cañon City, Fremont Co., Colorado, Elevation 5332 feet Weather this evening was notable for E winds 10-15 mph, gusts to 20-25 mph. There were a few scattered clouds and the temperature was about 75° F. On June 24, I did get up as early as I had intended, so my nets (two) were not opened until 06:20. I concealed myself behind some Virginia creeper and watched my nets. And watched my nets some more. Despite little wind and well-shaded sites, and the mid-rod high placement of caged june birds, I caught only one yellow warbler and two starlings in 70 minutes. I heard no goldfinches. Since the wind out of the east picked up at 08:00, I decided to give up. While taking down one net, it fell off a pair of lesser goldfinches flew into the other net; the female flew back to him, bounced off the net, then perched tantalizingly on the shelf string. She fled before I could get into position to try to flush her into the net. I took my one tapestop out of the net, attempted to recede it, killed it, and took down my net. I put up the specimen at the driver's seat of my vehicle. No species was noted this visit that was unrecorded on my earlier visits few days ago. The weather the morning of June 24 had temp range from 55° F to 65°, with many clouds. E wind, 08:00 5-10 mph, E higher gusts. Travel Day June 24 I left Cañon City, Colorado, heading to Clayton, New Mexico, at 10:30. I took a 50 mile detour by continuing E on US 50
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TRICHET, J. 1991 Journal 28. Travel Day June 24 through Pueblo to the little town of Rocky Ford, Colorado where (unit) my wife first independently practiced medicine. From there I took Colorado State Highway 71 south to US Highway 350, which I took SW to Trinidad, Colorado, where I picked up Interstate 25. I continued S. over Raton Pass to Raton, New Mexico. There I picked up US 64/87 and went E. to Clayton, New Mexico. Wes Cook, a long-time resident of Clayton knowledgeable about Union County finds, recommended three ranchers in this area that would likely be fruitful regarding my field work. I called all three ranchers. Two turned me down flat. The third seemed inclined to withdraw permission, but asked that I call back in the morning after discussing it with his family. A fourth rancher, just across the state line into Oklahoma, was unavailable at the phone number I was given. With a sense of discouragement, I decided to head for Las Vegas, New Mexico, where Dr. John P. Hattori had found lesser goldfields to be numerous along the river there. The sun set while I was in Clayton, so I made the drive to Las Vegas in the dark. This I accomplished by taking US 56 W to Springer, where I picked up Interstate 25, following this S. to my destination. I spent the night in a motel. Excepting the Raton Pass area, I traversed short grass prairie country, much of it heavily grazed and given in places to scattered brush and cactus, punctuated by riparian margins of cracks & dirties. The weather was notable for strong SW winds 10-25 miles per hour all day. There were heavy clouds mid-to-late afternoon, entirely clearing by sunset. The temperature peaked around 95° F.
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June 24, 1991 Journal Travel Day Birds seen in transit (or heard): (Covid) Mallard N. Rough-winged Swallow Turkey Vulture Cliff Swallow Swainson's Hawk Barn Swallow Red-tailed Hawk Black-billed Magpie American Kestrel American Crow Killdeer Chihuahuan Raven American Quail Common Raven Rock Dove American Robin Mourning Dove N. Mockingbird Common Nighthawk European Starling Black Swift (Raton Pass) Cassin's Sparrow N. (Red-Sh.) Flicker Vesper Sparrow W. Kingbird Jack Sparrow Humed Jack Jack Bunting Virlet-green Swallow House Sparrow Las Vegas & Las Vegas National Wildlife Refuge, San Miguel Co., New Mexico. June 25 Things I saw: Las Vegas runs the Salinas River, said by husband to support a riparian habitat home to a good-sized breeding population of Lesser Goldfinch. This is probably true information some years, but it was not my experience. I saw one bird and heard 1-2 others. The river above Las Vegas is frequently crowded by residences and the riparian vegetation is degraded. There are fairly numerous cottonwoods of 2 leaf types, mostly small, and nowhere forming a closed-canopy gallery woodland.
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Journal 34 TRECET, J 1991 Joe Vegas and Joe Vegas National Wildlife Refuge, San Miguel Cr., New Mexico. June 25 Sabicas elm are major components to the "dispersed woodland." (CRIS) The sand underlying is mostly Coyote willows. In several places scattered Utah Junipers and Ponderosa Pines are adjacent to the river, especially as the drainage worsens to the northwest of town. I visited this area from 05:30 to 07:40. I then drove to the U.S. Forest Service office in town for suggestions for potential field sites. I was referred to Joe Vegas National Wildlife Refuge. From the I-25 University Avenue exit, take New Mexico Highway 104 E., away from Town. In 1.2 miles there is a signed turn-off to the NWR. Headquarters is 2.1 miles E and 3.2 miles S. of the Univerty Ave. exit. There I met a trio of helpful folks, but I can't recall any names. There were a few Zebra Goldfinches on the Refuge, they said, but not in sufficient num- bers that could withstand my sampling scheme. They suggested the Waterous, NM area a short way to the north, mentioning specifically the Dorittle Ranch there. I left the refuge at 07:50, drove to road Having seen only that portion visible between Joe Vegas and Refuge area Headquarters. I called back to Clayton Rancor this a.m. - no dice. The weather this morning was windy from dawn on, with SE winds 5-10 mph, no clouds, Temp 60-70 F. Species list (only birds seen, except racoon track along Golliver River near Joe Vegas): [GR-Goldfinch R; NWR-refuge; B-gotta] Green-backed Heron - GR Turkey Vulture - B Woodpecker - B Coyote's Hawk - CR Currawong Jack - NWR Red-Tailed Hawk - NWR Gabivall - NWR American Kestrel - B
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Tracket J. 1991 Journal Las Vegas and Las Vegas National Wildlife Refuge, San Miguel Co, New Mexico. June 25 American Crow - NWR (crit) Killdeer - B American Raven - NWR Spotted Sandpiper - GR Long-tailed Curlew - NWR Rock Dove - GR Mourning Dove - B Black-ringed Hummingbird - NWR Bottled Kingfisher - GR Lewis Woodpecker - GR Cordilleran Flycatcher - GR Western Kingbird - NWR N. Rough-winged Swallow - NWR Barn Swallow - NWR American Crow - NWR American Robin - GR N. warblingfield - B European Starling - B Yellow Warbler - GR Black-headed Grosbeak - GR Red-tailed Towhee - GR Vesper Sparrow - NWR Jack Snipe - NWR Red-winged Blackbird - B Western Wood-Pewee - B Brewer's Blackbird - NWR Common Grackle - B Brown-headed Cowbird - GR N.(Bullocki) Oriole - GR Horse Finch - B Pio. Liskin - GR Lesser Goldfinch - GR Horseshoe Sparrow - NWR Dorritte Ranch, 3/4 mile N of Watrous, Grant Co, New Mexico. Elevation 6853 feet. June 25 I record the headquarters of the Dorritte Ranch from Las Vegas via State Route 25, going north to the Waterous exit at New Mexico State Highway 87. The residence at the headquarters is a registered national historic landmark. The proprietors of the ranch so readily gave us two run of the property as to astonish me! What a wonderful contrast to my recent luck in Union County.
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June 25, 1991 Doolittle Ranch 3/4 mile N of Watson Mora Co., New Mexico. Elev. 6850 ft. The owner is the granddaughter of the ranch's founder, and she was (cut) born in the house early this century. She apparently lives on here, as she is planning to donate the property as a headquarters for the Santa Fe Trail Association. The "mountain cut-off house" of the old Santa Fe Trail crosses her property, and continues through Watrous. I arrived here about 10:50. After visiting about an hour, learning some local history and being shown the house, and listening to a description of the property, I set out to explore the ranch. Two small rivers course on the property, the Sapello joining the Mora, and continu- ing as the Mora River. Its watercourses all supported an impres- sive riparian vegetation. The dominant tree was again cotton- wood, with Fremont, lance-leaved, & narrow-leaved cottonwoods present in order of decreasing frequency. These trees formed the core of a discontinuous gallery woodland. There were several fairly long stretches (100-200 yards) of closed canopy woods, including a few sketch belts adjacent to ranch roads and storage buildings. The trees are mostly large, old trees, many with weeping areas of root disease (a fungus, I believe). The trees were mainly 40-70 ft tall, and 2-4 ft dbh. There were few young cottonwoods, and no small ones were noted. Contributing to the riparian group were smaller (in number and stature) representations of four older, two types of willow, one localized cluster of locust, and a wide scattering of bare (cut to lower branches) Tamarisk. I saw no Russian Olive trees. Where the locust trees were located, about 3/4 mile downstream of the confluence of the Sapello and Mora Rivers, the Mora divided. One
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Journal Dorritte Ranch, 3/4 mile N. of Watrous, Mora Co., New Mexico. Elevation 6850 feet. June 25 am at the river forks @ 150' x 65' broad impounded behind a (cont) levee dam, the pond supporting both Tupa & Scraps in fair quantities. The floodplain varied in breadth from none in stretches of some short canyon to perhaps 300 yards. The gallery forest under-story, and to a lesser extent found also on the floodplain, was due to Virginia Creeper, grape, Pawpaw, Wisteria (in flowers but not in seed), wild sunflower (Helianthus) not yet in bloom, pathfinder, wild rose and squanbush. Two peach trees were found in one spot along the river. There were occasional Ulmus Juglans also. Those common in floodplain fields, but occurring also in the woodland understory, were many varieties of grasses, with Western Wheatgrass and Buffalograss prominent - as were others I could name. There was also wild squash, mulekin, Indian paintbrush, malows, asters, sunses, penstemon, phlox, clover (3 flower types), many golden composites, and others. The low hills beyond the floodplain were not closely inspected, but Ulmus Juglans was the most common tree. There were some persons, more (but still few) ponderosa pines to 45 feet or so, a few Gambel's Oak, and a couple clusters of a second oak species. Less interesting was the grass growth on these uplands. Incidentally, Lesser Goldfinches were fairly common but seemingly widely spaced. I elected to set up my camp late in the day about 3/4 mile downstream of the confluence of the Sapello and Three Rivers. I set up my nets in the riparian gorges there after supper, but owing to high winds, left them closed.
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Tucson, az. 1991 Journal Dorritte Ranch 3/4 miles N of Watrous, Mora Co., New Mexico. Elevation 6850 ft. June 25 Weather today at the ranch was very windy, blowing SSE (cold) 15-25 mph. Thunder clouds developed over the Sangre de Cristo Range to the west by noon and drifted over this way by 15:30. Showers started at 18:05, and it rained fairly hard between 18:15 and 18:25. The wind near the thunderstorms was very high. One large old cottonwood by the river was uprooted. Another, near my tent in a shelter belt, lost a large limb. Owing to cloud cover and higher elevation, it was cooler today than yesterday, with a maximum of about 80°F. Species List: Trees: Cupressus sp. Birds: Great Blue Heron N. Rough-winged Swallow Cinnamon Teal Cliff Swallows Turkey Vulture Barn Swallows Red-tailed Hawk Black-shouldred Kite American Crow Lizard White-breasted Nuthatch Rock Dove Barb's Warbler Mourning Dove House Wren Common Righthawk Western Bluebird Hawaiian Bird sp. Lewis' Woodpecker Mountain Bluebird Downy (Woodpecker) Verdine Robin N. (Red-st.) Flicker N. Mockingbird W. Wood Pewee Loggerhead Shrike Ash-throated Flycatcher European Starling Western Kingbird Green Warbler
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Horas, J. A. 1991 Journal 35. Doolittle Ranch, 3/4 mile N. of Nations Water Co., New Mexico. Elevation 6850 feet. June 25 Common Yellowthroat Brewers Blackbird (CoNt) Black-headed Grosbeak Common Grackle Blue Grosbeak Brown-headed Cowbird Rufous-sided Towhee N. (Bullock's) Oriole Jack Snipe House Finch Red-winged Blackbird Lesser Goldfinch Western Meadowlark House Sparrows weeds: Elytrigia sp.; See, lower, & room track. Doolittle Ranch 3/4 miles downstream of confluence of Sapello & Nations River Water Co., New Mexico. Elevation 6800 feet. June 26-29 I opened my four nets at 05:20 - 05:30, and I caught my first goldfinch at 06:05. By 07:00 I had caught 11 lesser gold- finches. One I goldfinch way preyed upon in the net, its head eaten off. The same (or a different) predator killed a ♂ Bullock's Oriole and partially ate it in the mist net. The partially eaten birds were discovered in two same net at two same time. Having 12 birds to put up, I closed my nets and spent the rest of the day, save brief stretching episodes just outside the door, inside my work tent. The weather June 26: calm at dawn, until about 07:20; then intermittent 5-10 mph gusty southe until 09:30, after which there were steady winds for remainder of the day, mainly out of the S, but shifting around from SE, ESE, & occ. SW. Four thunderclucks today, two passing close by but no rainfall here. Temp. range 60-85°F. Still windy at sunset, but less so than last night.
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Doolittle Ranch 3/4 mile downstream from confluence of Sapello & Mora Rivers, Mora Co, New Mexico. Elevation 6800 ft. June 26-29 map of Doolittle Ranch: (cont) 3/8 MILE N <- To Uranium Quadrant INTERSTATE HIGHWAY 25 46 NORTH HIGHWAY 215 W RANCH HEADQUARTERS PAVED ROADS DIRT ROAD MORA RIVER WATRRQS ATS&F RAILROAD SAPELLO RIVER TO LAS VEGAS AREA GRADED CAMP
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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.
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Journal Droittle Ranch 3/4 mile downstream from confluence of Sapello & Mora Rivers, Mora Co., New Mexico. Elevation 6800 feet. June 26-29 The weather June 27 started clear, calm and 60 F. Intermitent (cold) S. breezes started at 09:30, becoming steady S. wind 5-1/5 m.p.h. to 13:30. T-clouds were visible in N over the Sangres, and some drifted this way by 17:00. There were distant showers off & on 18:10 to 19:30, with one hard, ten minute shower thrown in. High temp. today was 85 F. June 28 was, for purposes of securing goldfinches, just like the previous day, except it was five times as successful. The birds were captured between 05:45 and 08:00. Owing to winds, the nets were closed by 12:30, and remained closed, owing to greater for the rest of the day. Weather June 28 saw temp range from 65 to 85 F. It was mostly cloudy all day. S. winds 5-10 m.p.h. began early (~07:30), T steady 15-20 m.p.h. winds beginning about noon. Big thunder clouds brought 15 minute showers at 14:30 and 17:10, and it rained almost continuously from 20:00-22:15. June 29 was another day of running nets (and changing net locations) almost all morning and recording and putting up specimens almost all afternoon & early evening. I completed the seventh & last specimen prep at 21:15. I drove back to ranch headquarters to thank its owner and to advise her of my departure that night. It took me about 45 minutes to reach camp, and I departed at 22:30. Weather June 29: Temp range 65-85 F. The morning was mostly cloudy, afternoon also mostly cloudy with periods of 100% cloud cover. Clear & no wind until 09:30, when fairly steady
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Irache, John 1991 Journal Doolittle Ranch 3/4 miles downstream of Confluence of Pajarero & Mora Rivers Mora Co, New Mexico. Elevation 6804 ft. June 25-27 5-10 mph NNE winds blew in, switching to NW by 10:30. By 11:30, (cont.) big thunderheads were visible over the Sangreas, and then steadily approached through early afternoon. Though heavy rain threatened almost continuously after 14:15, associated with gusty variable winds 10-20mph, only intermittent brief sprinkles fell from 14:30 to 16:30 & a light shower from 17:20-17:30. A heavier rain began falling at 21:50, while I was breaking camp, and continued as until I left. Species list for Doolittle Ranch: Amphibians: Bufo woodhousei Eulystoma sp. 5V. 8cm Raptors: Turter sp. Cnemidophorus sp. Sceloprus modolitus Thamnophilus cystopis Birds: Great Blue Heron Spotted Sandpiper Green-Wacked Heron Rock Dove Wood Duck - 2?, 1? = 3 small young Mourning Dove Waldard Yellow-Billed Cuckoo Cranicorus Tsial Great Horned Owl Turkey Vulture W. Screech Owl Cooper's Hawk Common Nighthawk Red-Tailed Hawk Potoillo American Kestrel Black-Chinned Hummer Wild Turkey Broad-Tailed Hummer Killdeer 10-2/27 Purple Hummer - early ?
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June John 1991 Journal Doolittle Ranch, 3/4 mile downstream confluence of Sapello & Mora Rivers Mora Co. New Mexico. Elevation 6800 ft. June 26-27 Belted Kingfisher (Caith) Lewis' Woodpecker Downy Woodpecker Hairy (Woodpecker N. (Red-sh) Flocke W. Wood Pease Red-throated Bagecaten Cassin's Kingfish Western Kingfish Eastern Kingfish N. Rough-cruyed Swallow Cliff Swallow Barn Swallow Pinyon Joy Black-Sided Meggin American Crow Mountain Chickadee Plain Titmouse Bushtit White-crested Nutata Canyon Wren Beck's Wren House Wren Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Western Bluebird Mountain Bluebird American Robin N. Mockingbird Loggerhead Shrike European Starling Warbling Vireo Virginias Warbler Yellow Warbler Common Yelownthrost Black-Reded Thrush Bove Thrush Lazuli Bunting Ruffe-sided Towhee Canyon Towhee Dark Sparrow Red-wigged Blackbird Western Meadowlark Brewer's Blackbird Common Grackle Brown-Losled Cowbird N. (Bullock's) Oriole House Finch Lesser Goldfinch House Sparrows
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Truax, John 1991 Journal Dorsette Ranch, 3/4 mile downstream of confluence of Apollos & Mora Rivers, Mora Co., New Mexico Elevation 6800 ft. June 26-27 mammals: Ovis sp. (Cait) Castor Ovis sp. - track Bison track Equithyion - fur & guilfs Subatra June 30 While travelling last night I early this morning my car started making a worrisome noise at the rear front end. I slipped into I-25 to I-40 Galup, New Mexico, where I could get local help from known folks. Al Charles suggested getting my Subaru worked on at Pueblo Chevrolet, and Al Schneider kindly consented to putting me up while my car is in the shop. After dropping the car off, Al Schneider took me down to Junii to see what hikes we could find at our former home. Our visit was a brief one, 10:45 to 15:30. We visited the Canyon Glen Blackrock Dam, scoped Blackrock Lake, walked the west end of Blackrock Bosque, briefly visited the west end of Native Lake #2, and scoped Native Lakes #3 & 4, and Native Division Reservoir. We then returned to Gallup via State Highway 602 (old Highway 52), retracing our earlier route to the reservation. Weather today was warm, 80-85°F, cloudless, with light westerly breezes, increasing to 5-15 mph westerly winds after 14:30.
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Zareno, John 1991 Journal 42. June 30 Species List: (Zont) Red-billed Grebe Eared Grebe Ghost Berr Zheron Water-faced Ibis -3, M#3 Hellerd Cinnamon Teal N. Shveler Gakwell Red Bend Ruddy Duck Turkey Vulture Red-Tailed Hawk American Kestrel American Coob. Killdeer Greater Yellowlegs Spotted Sandpiper Rock Dove Mourning Dove Black-shouldered Hummer Broad-tailed Hummer Fadder-backed Woodpeaker -103 N.(Red-sh.) Tecken W. Wood-Pewee Breach Ploche Say's Pharehe Ash-throated Flycatcher Cassin's Kingbird W. Kingbird Horned Lark Verbet-green Sunflower N. Rough-winged Swallow Cliff Swallows Barn Swallow Scrub Jay American Crow Common Raven Plain Titmouse Bushtit White-breasted Nuthatch Rock Wren Barwick's Wren Mountain Bluebird American Robin N. Mockingbird European Starling Plumberous Vireo Warbling Vireo Virginia's Warbler Yellow-Warbler Cozumel Yellowthroat Yellow-breasted Chat 1st June Mend
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June 30 Juniper Reservoir, McKinley Co., New Mexico Western Tanager W. Thrasher Black-capped Chickadee Yellow-breasted Chat Blue Grosbeak Brewer's Blackbird Lazuli Bunting Common Grackle - 28, 88 Rufous-sided Towhee Brown-headed Cowbird Chipping Sparrow Bullock's Oriole Vesper Sparrow House Finch Clark Sparrow Lesser Goldfinch Sparrow American Goldfinch Red-winged Blackbird House Sparrow Simon Canyon Natural Area, BLM adjacent to Navajo Dam State Park, San Juan Co., New Mexico. Elevation feet. July 3-6 I ended up writing in Gallup from June 30 to July 3 because what I thought was a wheel bearing problem was really an axle problem, and parts had to be shipped from Amarillo, Arizona. After picking up my car at 10:00, I loaded my vehicle and left Gallup at 10:50 via U.S. Highway 666 northbound. I stopped in Toketee to visit another former Juni resident, Fa. Ferencz, then continued north to Shiprock, where I picked up U.S. Highway 64/550 and drove west to Farmington. In Farmington, I called Glenn P. Nelson, San Juan County's long-time resident expert on bird distribution in northwestern New Mexico. At his suggestion, I explored Berg Park & B-square Ranch in Farmington along the Animas and San Juan rivers, respectively. The number of goldfinches were disappointing. Nelson also recommended Simon Canyon, a BLM natural area east of Farmington near the Navajo Dam on the San Juan River. I reached
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Lucas, John 1991 Journal San Juan Natural Area, BLM, adjacent to Navajo Dam State Park, San Juan Co., New Mexico. Elevation [illegible] July 3-6 San Juan Canyon from Farmington via U.S. Highway 64 east through (Cont.) Bloomfield and Blanco, turning NE on NM State Highway 571. I crossed the San Juan River by turning W on NM Highway 173. A quarter mile past the river, a good gravel road turned NE, signed for both Cottonwood Campground and, 3 miles on, San Juan Canyon Natural Area. Weather July 3 mostly sunny, SC W breezes, temp 65-95°F. 15:45-16:00 San Juan Canyon was briefly explored but passed thru only entered trails very quickly - there were lots of lesser goldfinches here. I decided quickly to make this my next field site. But for the evening, I would dine with Jim and Linda Reeve and spend the night with them at their home in Farmington. From then I picked up three large, heavy boxes of fossils gathered in the foothills of the Zuni Mountains, to transport those to Kevin Padian at the Museum of Paleontology back at U.C. Berkeley. I left Farmington at 05:00 July 4, set up my site at San Juan Canyon and caught my first lesser goldfinch by 06:30. After getting 2 birds by 08:30, I took a break to create a sandy spot for my camp and set it up before it got too warm. When I was alone making camp and eating breakfast, about 09:40 bird activity had subsided considerably. Things were very quiet by noon, so I explored San Juan Canyon proper, walking about a mile up canyon and back in a leisurely fashion. After lunch I put up one of the birds (waiting still for two hours to vocalize for recording), and re-opened my mist nets. I caught a couple more birds late afternoon. I spent from 17:30 to 20:00 putting reports and field notes in my work texts.
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TROCHET, J. 1991 Journal 45. Simon Canyon Natural Area BLM adjacent to Navajo Dam State Park, San Juan County, New Mexico, Elevation feet. July 3-6 crude map: (ends) SIMON CANYON UPLAND N UPLAND INTERMITTENT STREAM 1/4 MILE RIPARIAN W OODLAND NET SITES DIRT ROAD FROM NM HWY 173 (3 MILES TO SW) CAMP SAN JUAN RIVER UPLAND NAVAJO DAM (ABOUT 1 1/2 MILES) NM HWY 511 The habitat at Simon Canyon is basically canyon riparian. Simon Canyon itself is a NNW-trending canyon as it leaves the canyon of the San Juan River. The immediate canyon walls are 15-40' high, but the visible pinrock back from the stream channel is about 100-125' high. Surface water is intermittent, flowing in only a few places, standing in many more, and apparent only in the lower half mile (I walked about a mile up from the San Juan River). The riparian vegetation quickly thins out above this point. In the canyon, Ceanothus leucopetals and Fremont Cottonwoods are the only trees, mostly 25- 40' trees, 8-20
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TRACKET, JOHN 1991 Journal 46. San Juan Canyon Natural Area, BLM adjacent to Navajo Dam State Park, San Juan Co., New Mexico. Elevation [illegible] July 3-6 grew on the uplands, and there were ponderosa pine come in the (Coast) canyon bottom, mostly above the riparian zone of the lower canyon. Amazingly, for BLM land, unscarred is the canyon by track (or trail?) of cow, sheep or horse! So the Ambrosia growth is quite good. There are several different grasses, a couple different small yellow composites, good quantities of thistle and star thistle, and numerous wild sunflower (Helianthus), most not yet in flower. Weather July 4: As its junction with the river, the riparian area of San Juan Canyon exposes east out west along the north shore of the San Juan. The cottonwood trees here are larger or stronger than those in the canyon, but some is very large. Driving dirt tracks through this grove, the understory is more discontinuous: Lilies, potatoes are quite thick, and save the Equilibrium Type 1 sedges, the composition is like that of San Juan Canyon. Additionally, there are scattered patches of a plant I think/recognize, with pretty 2/3 x 3/2" purple trumpet blossoms of these low bushes. There's a patch just outside front door of my tent. About 3/4 mile up San Juan Canyon is a remarkable archeological feature, a Navajo rock shelter perched atop a 15-18' diameter boulder sitting on the canyon floor. Access was performed by ladder. The shelter was dated to the Governor period (AD 1700-1775?). Weather July 4: was clear in the am, down temp about 60°F. A NW wind came up about 07:05, light & intermittent until 11:30, then gusty & intermittent 5-15 mph. After noon, thunder clouds were visible at all points of the compass, but no rain
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Journal 1991 Santa Cruz Natural Area, BLM adjacent to Mangos Dam State Park, San Juan Cr., New Mexico. Elevation [illegible] July 3-6 threatened until 19:15, but excepting showers at 19:30, no rain (Coit) fell. Wind was gusty & of variable orientation near these thundercloubs. High Temperature Today was 90°F July 5, I spread my nets at 05:25 and was kept busy all morning. Two nets were wholly unsuccessful, even for non-gold- finchers, so I moved them about 09:00. On the whole, however, it was just about perfect for getting goldfinches. I got eight WHEN I MOVED ALL MY NETS, ALL CLOSED AT 14:30. Today, six early and two at midday; Three kept me busy until an hour before sunset, when I enjoyed my solar-heated shower and watched a Rambo-like sunset. The pace Today was just about optimum. The weather July 5: dawn 60°F, light E wind in San Juan Crd Canyon, N wind 5 mph in Santa Canyon. Windless only from 08:20- 08:50, then wind shifted to WNW 3 mph. There were just a couple clouds at dawn, rapidly clearing until 11:00. Thundercloubs then began building up at all points of the compass. The winds in the afternoon were light & variable X E close thunderstorms 15:45 to 18:45. These brought lightning & thunder & high gusty winds but very little rain. At sunset, few clouds & distinctly in W, light N wind at sunset. High Temp. Today 85°F July 6 saw a slow start to getting goldfinches, so I moved nets at intervals late morning, midday, and again mid-afternoon, progressively farther up Santa Canyon. I caught a few birds at midday, but most I caught between 16:45 & 18:30. By the time I finished recording birds, I had sufficient time to properly make study skins, so these late birds were made into
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Journal July 3-6 complete skeletons, all were green-backed avian. (cont) Weather July 6 was clear and calm almost all day, with occ. variable breezes. Temperature ranged from 65° - 95°F (felt hotter with little air movement). Only exceptions were 2 thunderstorms which passed over. These were associated w/ very high NE winds (15-35 mph), tossing large branches wildly at 17:30 and 21:45; the latter accompanied by a few large drops of rain. Species List Simon Canyon: Amphibians: none Reptiles: Sceloporus undulatus Cnemidophorus inornatus Thamnophis sp - this animal keyed out as a Checkered garter snake, T. marcianus, but well out of range. Birds: Canada Goose - H.O. 7/5 N (Red Sk) Wicker Mallard W Wood Peewee Turkey Vulture Car-throated Flycatcher Red-tailed Hawk Chase's Kingbird American Kestrel Velvet-green Swallow Kleeder - H.O. 7/4 N. Rough-winged Swallows Whining Dove Cliff Swallows Greater Horned Owl - netix found 7/4 Scrub Jay. Common Nighthawk Pinyon Jay Poorwill Black-billed Magpie - H.O. 7/5 White-throated Swift Common Raven Black-chinned Hummingbird Black-capped Chickadee Downy Woodpecker - H.O. 7/5 Plain Titmouse
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Sherex Jean 1971 Journal Linion Canyon Natural Area, BLM adjacent to Navajo Dam State Park, San Juan Co., New Mexico. Elevation [illegible] July 3-6 Bustard Black-Railed Guanake (conit) White-breasted Nuthatch Blue Grosbeak Rock Wren Rufous-sided Towhee Canyon Wren Canyon Towhee Benick's Wren Clipping Sparrow House Wren Dark Sparrow American Robin Brown-headed Cowbird Gray Vireo - H.O. 7/4 N.(Bullock's) Oriole Plumbeous Vireo Thrush Finch Warbling Vireo Lesser Goldfinch Yellow Warbler Yellow-breasted Chat womewely: Bat sp. Racoon Track mountain lion Track - 7/5 Chipmunk sp. Spermophilus variegatus Sylvilagus sp. Iscirius-truck Travel Day July 7 I had intended to break camp in the dark and leave Simon Canyon just right but I felt tired, wishing to drive any distance safely, so I slept the night there and got away early this morning. I travelled west through Farmington, continuing west on U.S. Highway 550, at Shiprock taking NM highway 524
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Journal Travel Day July 7 (Hurajo's Drive) to Tree Not Pee, Arizona. There I picked up (Crest) U.S. 160 and continued west. Beyond Black Mesa, I turned northwest onto Arizona Hwy 98 to Page, where I got U.S. Hwy 89. This I followed northwest into Utah, passing through Kanab. At the Canal Junction north of Kanab, I turned west onto Utah State Highway 9, through Zion National Park to the Utah Towns of Springdale, Rockville and Drapton. The Virgin River in this area was recommended by Boble as a possible collecting locality. There are resort towns based on their proximity to Zion National Park, and the river front, while having a fair riparian woodland intermittently, was in its ownership of a succession of motels; the holding of individual properties were too small to assemble be expected to provide enough hide. Down river, the riparian vegetation had been either mostly cleared or lost to flood. Where some cottonwoods were visible from the road, I stopped to watch & listen for goldfinches. In four twelve I heard none. For some reason I continued to every field, and since it was by this time 17:30, I returned to the national park to pitch my sleeping tent, make supper, write notes & turn in early, to make an early start tomorrow. Weather during the drive was clear until just past Page, Arizona. Then scattered T-clouds were seen to the west. Cloud cover became almost solid while passing through Zion N.P. Rain held off until just after sunset, 21:30, and then it fell as a cloudburst! High temp today was about 85° I'm guessing, since I spent almost all day in my vehicle. Species noted at Watchman Campground while writing my notes,
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Travel Day July 7 Herb: Lithophila Birds ( all ? Lesser Goldfinch, while some to [illegible] were H.O.) : White-throated Swift House Wren Violet-green Swallow House Finch Common Raven Lesser Goldfinch Black-capped Chickadee Mammals: Striped Skunk Rock Squirrel Cliff Chipmunk mule deer - 3875' Beaver Dam Wash of Santa Clara River, Washington Co. Utah. July 8 From Zion National Park, I followed Utah State Highway 9, to Interstate Highway 15, going SW about 7 miles to St. George, Utah. Here I turned west at a signed exit for the town of Santa Clara. I passed through Santa Clara on the road continuing northwest toward Drumlock, Utah. At a T-intersection, with the paved road going north and south, I continued instead NW on a gravel road toward Moleague. After about 13 1/2 miles, I turned south on another gravel road and followed this to the Nature Conservancy Beaver Dam Wash property. This property lies between reaches with similar riparian habitat. If, as Belle wrote me, goldfinches were numerous here, I would have sought permission to collect on one or more of the adjacent properties. This was not the case, however. Beaver Dam Wash is a riparian corridor through an extension of the Colorado Desert into extreme SW Utah, just W of the margin of the Colorado Plateau. Elevation is approx 2750 feet. Associated to the surface water here is an outstanding riparian gallery woodland. This woodland consisted mostly of medium to very large Fremont
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Journal Bever Dam Wash & Santa Clara River, Washington Co., Utah July 8 Cottonwoods, 35-65 feet tall, 1-4 feet dbh. Mesquite and (cont.) trees, Russian olive (scarce) and Tamarisk (scarce) contributed to the woodland, as did Desert Willow. Creek willow was an unusual woodland component. Wash margins had Joshua Trees, mesquites, and luxuriant crested budwea. The N-S oriented wash divides slopes covered with crested bush with scattered Granite & other cacti and Joshua Trees. I visited the wash from 06:30 to 11:00, after Ranch leave walking the length of the Nature Conservancy property and about 1/2 mile of the wash on the adjacent property to the north. The only lesser goldfinch recorded answered my juncos birds as I was conversing with the property manager. After leaving Beaver Dam Wash, I retraced my route back to the pavement, where I turned north toward Dunbrick, Utah. This road paralleled the Santa Clara River for about 16 miles, to its terminus at Utah State Highway 18; several dirt tracks left the paved surface toward the river and some of these I explored at least briefly. Former rice-grown irrigation woodland came right to the road edge, and I leisurely walked there. The woodland was mixed cottonwood-creek willow-ash-brolder, mostly medium size trees (25-40' tall, 1-2 1/4" dbh) but a few cottonwoods were big. Shrubs were mainly desert willow & coyote willow. Away from the riparian growth, vegetation was open, juniper-juniper woodland. The drainage had little of bare rock exposed. Elevation about I visited from 17:00 - 17:30 3,500 ft. , Lots of old (reinstated by yesterday's rain) Crepice. Weather today July 8, clear until noon when thunderclouds began to build in all directions; partly cloudy after 15:30. No rain today. High N. Range until 22:30, then still; S freeze
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Mackey, J. 1981 Journal Barber Dam Wash and Santa Clara River, Washington Co., Utah July 8 began about 10:45 just before 1 p.m. Barber Dam Wash. OSC. guests (Carls) 10-15 m.p.h. mid-afternoon. Temps Today 65°-90°F. Species list (BDW - seen only Barber Dam Wash; SCR - seen only Santa Clara River; B - seen both, first number from BDW): Amphibians: Bufo cognatus - 2, BDW Rana catesbeiana - 25, BDW Reptiles: Sceloporus undulatus - B, 8-3 Sceloporus virgatus - 6, BDW Sceloporus gracillis - B, 3-4 Callisaurus draconoides - 5, BDW Cnemidophorus tigris - B, 15-2 Birds: Great Blue Heron - 1, BDW Green-backed Heron - 1, BDW Black-crowned Night Heron - 1, BDW Curlew Sandpiper - 1?, BDW Turkey Vulture - 1, SCR Red-tailed Hawk - B, 1-1 Kiwi Bird - 4, BDW White-winged Dove - 8, BDW Hummingbird - B, 15-2 Yellow-breasted Chat - 2, BDW Cream Night-Hawk - 3, BDW White-tailed Swift - B, 2-1 Barn-swallow Hummingbird - B, 3-3 Barred Kingfisher - 1, SCR Ladder-backed Woodpecker - B, 10-4 W. Wood Pewee - 2, SCR Black Phoebe - B, 1-1 Say's Phoebe - 1, BDW Vermilion Flycatcher - 1?, BDW Lesser Sandpiper - 75(1), BDW W. Kingbird - B, 15-2 Violet-green Swallow - B, 30-5 Cliff Larkdaw - 2, SCR Common Raven - 2, SCR Verdin - B, 35-2 Cactus Wren - 1, BDW (in Joshua Tree above wash.) Rock Wren - 1, SCR Becker's Wren - B, 25-15 Barn-gray Gnatcatcher - 2, BDW Black-tailed Gnatcatcher - 1, BDW N. Mockingbird - 10, BDW Crescent Thrasher - 1, BDW Loggerhead Shrike - 2, BDW Bell's Vireo - 6, BDW Lucy's Warbler - B, 25-10 Yellow Warbler - B, 10-15 Summer Tanager - 8, BDW Barn Swallow - 6, BDW
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TROCHET, J. 1991 Journal Baker Dam Wash and Santa Clara River Washington Co., Utah. July 8 Alberta Towhee -2, BDW N. (Bullock's) Oriole-B, 4-1 (Ca's) Jack Sparrow -2, BDW Scotts Oriole -6, BDW W. Meadowlark -1, BDW House Finch -50, BDW Brown-headed Cowbird -B, 40-3 Lesser Goldfinch -B, 1-3 Throated Oriole -10, BDW Hawaiian Sparrow -12, BDW Warblers: Swampwrens-25, BDW Syciragus -B, 5-1 Ammospiza philadelphia-6, BDW Legua -6, BDW Costra -1, BDW (appropriety) Santa Fork Kern River Wildlife Area 3 miles W of Weldon, Kern Co., California. Elevation 2500 ft. July 9-11 I drove most of the night: from St. George, Utah through Las Vegas, (Where I stopped for a late supper) to Bakersfield, California via Inter-state 15. At Bakersfield, I picked up State Highway 58, which I took to Bakersfield. I thought about rolling on Route 99, but I decided to get in a few days on the South Fork of the Kern (my wife) River before Glennie needed me home. I drove NE from Bakersfield on State Hwy 178, past Lake Isabella. I drove up Kelso Valley Rd (to SE) to Camp Spring Well, a dirt track through desert scrub, to get a few hours sleep off a main road. I was surprised, not thrilled- when a mountain lion ran across the "road" through the beam of my headlights. After a fairly sluggish start to the day, I went to visit Pam Williams and Stephen Lazarus on FAY RANCH RD., N. OF WELDON 1 MILE. at their home on the property of the Kern River Reserve. After 90 minutes of clearing the fat and my admiring their pet acorn woodpecker repeatedly, Stephen consented to give me a tour of the area. In the three hours we were out, we visited only a bit of
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Shreve, John 1991 Journal South Fork Kern River Wildlife Area 3 miles W of Weldon Kern Co., California. Elevation 2500 feet. July 9-11 Kern River Reserve itself, since I would not be permitted to collect (CoPt) goldfishers on the property. We drive Keles Creek Road SE of Weldon, desert a road paralleling a creek with intermixed riparian woodland, but this area was not productive for goldfinches. We then visited the South Fork Kern River Wildlife Area, the parcel just W. of the Reserve, & likewise driving the river course through it. The place was alive with green goldfinches. We first visited an area on the N. side of the river accessible off Sierra Way (the road to Kernville). Then, since Lake Isabella was so low and had been for a few seasons, we visited the young riparian growth that had claimed some of the former lake bottom on the west side of the property. We then drove to south shore of Lake Isabella, scanning the lake and sane for birds. Clearly, the wildlife area would easily provide for my sample needs. The habitat at the South Fork Kern River Wildlife Area is a Fremont Cottonwood-dominated riparian woodland on the within broad flood plain of the South fork of the Kern. The river valley line is bounded on the N. by the Eastern Sierra Nevada, on the E. by the Fescue Mountains, on the S. by the Paiute Mtns, and on the W. by Lake Isabella and the Greenhorn Mountains beyond. The floodplain is 1-2 miles broad and pretty flat for about seven miles above Lake Isabella. The wildlife area in that portion of the flood plain's riparian area W. of Sierra Way, apparently extending all the way to the lake, are some 3 1/2 - 4 miles distant. The addition of cottonwoods there is a considerable dominance of Broadwing's Willow and Ash, with seeming age / size classes of trees
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Tachetti 1991 Journal South Fork Kern River Wildlife Area, 3 miles W of Waldon Kern Ca. California. Elevation 2500 feet. July 9-11 covering areas along the river course, with discrete boundaries to (cut) Three age/size class areas. In general, age/size of woodland trees increase with distance from the lake. There were a couple of pockets of very much larger trees among the "short stuff" down stream immediately adjacent to the river channel. W of Sierra way surface water was free intermittent (for about 3/4 mile), then claybut - except for a small (10 x 12 ft.) pond near the western-most fence on the property? I am unclear as precisely where to extend to this limit). To the east on the property, there are commonly 25-50' tall, 2-3" dbh; moderate size trees predominate in the front middle; and to the west the riparian growth is obviously young - small trees 20-30' tall, 5-8" dbh, and at the west end the wood- land is dominated by willows. In the E. and middle portions of the Wildlife Area, the woodland is suitable for small down timber and a dense understory of shrubs and herbs. Wattle's, many different greases, [illegible], Thistle, Russian thistle, stockpile, San criple willows, saw typac along the stream course, and many, many others. They cut off channels & their riparian strips were separated from the current stream course by expanses of grease with wildflowers admixed. I placed nets in the early evening among the large trees on the east side of the Wildlife Area and returned to Paris & Stephen's home for supper and bed(!), to open the nets & catch goldfinches first thing in the morning. Weather July 9 was clear all day, except a few clouds that swept around 08:00. Wind came up around 09:30, becoming sou-
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Journal South Fork Kern River Wildlife Area 3 miles W of Weldon Kern Co, California, Elevation 2500 feet. July 9-11 rained after 11:00 at 5-10 mph out of W. After 14:30 light gusts (Cont) to 25 mph became common. Temp. Range 55°-85°F. July 10, I opened my nets 05:35-05:45 and walked to wood- lands between checking for birds. Setting started slowly, and I moved two nets further downstream, adjacent to a grassy field with lots of Helianthus. This was much more successful a setting for netting goldfinches. Over the course of the morning I caught 7 C. psittacula in my nets and saw several C. lawrencei and 3 C. tristis. This is the first place I have visited that has had summer occupation by all three. I also caught one C. lawrencei and sustained two misses and death of one Melospiza melodia (not came out of snare). The majority of the afternoon and evening I spent recording and putting up birds, the nets being closed at 14:00. Western June 10 was similar to yesterday, with temperatures 55°- 85°F in shade, but no clouds were seen all day, and no gusty winds came up in the afternoon, only the light W. breeze. June 11 was a frustratingly slow day. I moved the 2 nets not moved yesterday at 06:30, since few goldfinches seemed to be in their vicinity. The two nets over the Helianthus field caught few birds, all non-goldfinches, though dozen goldfinches remained fairly numerous in the adjacent field. At 2-3 hour intervals, I hop-sketched pairs of mist net increasing westward, into younger woodland. In surveying the last half mile of cottonwoods and willows, I found 5 Yellow-billed Cuckoo, a group completely unknown to Steve Layman, who is closely following what few birds he knows of on the S. Fork Kern River. These apparently had
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Texas, Jan. 1991 Journal Santa Fe km River Wildlife Area, 3 miles W. of Nelson, Kern Co., California. Elevation 250 ft. July 9-11 weather was dry, F. Stave was surprised & delighted to see 7 these (only) additional birds in habitats he had considered insufficiently grown up. I caught one goldfinch at 10:45, and wrote the rest of the day. The wet prairies seemed perfect - starred spots near wild flower fields dominated by red sunflowers, with very little wind to disturb tan nets. At the end of the day, I drove home. Weather July 11 was virtually a carbon copy of yesterdays, except there was almost no wind all day. Cloudless skies, temps 55-85 F (due to lack of wind, it feels considerably warmer in the sun). Species list from Santa Fe km River (most water birds from L. Isabella) Inspirations: Bufo boreas Hyla regilla Sceloporus sp. Reptiles: Diporcephalus dorsalis Cnemidophorus tigris Salpogopus occidentalis Thamnophis sp. Salpogopus majorus Birds: Red-shouldered Hawk Western Grebe Golden Eagle Clerk's Grebe American Kestrel Great Blue Heron (Wild Turkey, Track) Mallard California Quail American Wigeon Killer Duck Turkey Vulture Spotted Sandpiper Osprey (nest) Least Sandpiper Cooper's Hawk Morning Dove
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Journal TROCHET, J. 1991 Kern River Wildlife Area, 3 miles N of Weedon Kern Co, California. Elevation 2500 ft. July 7-11 Yellow-billed Cuckoo (Coix) Barn Owl Havana Wren American Robin Gray Hawk Owl Fogysland Srike Black-chinned Hummingbird European Starling Belted Kingfisher Yellow Warbler Muttall's Woodpecker Common Yellortreath Downy Woodpecker Yellow-breasted Chat Hairy Woodpecker Summer Tanager N (Red-Shouldered) Flicker Black-backed Woodpeck. W. Wood Peuce Blue Grosbeak. (Wildow Flycatcher Lazuli Bunting Black Phoebe Ardis Bunting Say's Phoebe Rufous-sided Towhee Red-throated Flycatcher Jack Sparrows Brown-casted Flycatcher Savanah Sparrow W. Krigrid Song Sparrow Humed Jack Red-winged Blackbird Tree Swallow Tricolored Blackbird N. Rough-winged Swallows W. MeadowLark Cliff Swallow Yellow-Headed Blackbird Barn Swallow Brewer's Blackbird Cream Rovea Brown-headed Cowbird Rain Jetemusa Hooded Oriole Cactus Wren N (Buildered) Oriole Rock Wren House Finch Berick's Wren Lesser Goldfinch
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Taschet, J. 1991 Journal Santa Fork Kern River Wildlife Area, 3 miles W. T Weldon Turn Co., California. Elevation 2500 ft July 7-11 Lawrence's Goldfinch House Sparrow (cont) American Goldfinch - 3 (7/10) Mammals: Striped Skunk - 5 on 7/9!! Golden mouse Mountain Lion - lots of tracks Tapus Spearmphius Spermoleagus Anaspermphilus Obscillus - track Mustelins - runways Bos Dipodmysa - Tracks Equus July 18-21 I returned to Santa Fork Kern River from Sacramento via California State Highway 99 to Bakersfield to Hwy 178 beyond Lake Isabella to Sierra Way to the trailhead for the Wildlife Area, arriving 19:00 in time to set up nets for the morrow. The detour away from Santa Fork Kern River was necessary to provide care for my daughters while my wife was away at her family practice recertification exams. In laying out the mist nets, I discovered an area in which Lawrence's Goldfinch were very common. Here I set up 2 nets. The site 2 was placed well far from the parking area of the trailhead. Fun to find. Crude map of area: TO KERNVILLE N 1 mile PARKING LOT AT TRAILHEAD LAKE ISABELLA GRASSY FIELDS KERN RIVER SOUTH FORK NATURE RIPARIAN WOODLAND FENCELINE APPROXIMATING NORMAL LAKE LEVEL YOUNG RIPARIAN GROWTH RANCHES STATE HIGHWAY 178 DIRT Rd ACCESS TO MINT END OF RIPARIAN GROWTH. TO BAKERSFIELD (~55 MILES) To Weldon (1 mile) Sierra Way
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TROCHET, J. 1991 Journal Santa Fea Kern River Wildlife Area, 3 miles W of Weldon, Kern Co., California. Elevation 2500 feet. July 18-21 On July 17, I opened my mist nets at 05:20-05:35 to begin a crazy (cont) busy day. The net in the area with lots of Lawrence's Goldfinches caught ten birds early. One of these escaped from me when I extracted it from the net. Similarly successful were two other nets with regard to Lesser Goldfinches; by 07:40, I had nine putties, too. The remainder of that day, right up to midnight, was devoted to recording and preparing specimens. The weather this morning July 18 from 05:20 & 10:00, was clear & calm, with temp 50°-65°F. July 20 started late since I overslept too dawn. The breezes today came up early, and being variable, it was difficult to place the nets in sites sheltered from them. In contrast to yesterday's too frantic pace, today was very slow. Nets were moved every 3-4 hours throughout the day, again downstreem into usually younger groves of riparian trees. Steve Layman visited in the afternoon. He showed me a cuckoo nest he found in the miniature willow-cottonwood strip near the western limit of the trees. The weather July 20: temp range 55°-85°F, with variable breezes beginning 07:30 and increasing and becoming more consistently westerly after 15:15. A few scattered clouds passed by in the afternoon. A steady 10-15 mph W. wind blew after 15:00 until after sunset. July 21 was a good day, with capture of goldfinches (Lesser) at a steady rate all morning. Recording birds between net visits, I was ready to move for a quick lunch, then to put up birds for the remainder of the day. I was going to return home tonight, but I will sleep tonight in my tent and drive back to Sacramento
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Journal July, 1991 South Fork Kern River Wildlife Area 3 miles W of Nelson Kern Cr. California. Elevation 2500 feet. July, 18-21 Tomorrow morning (Cont) Weather July 21: dawn clear, calm, 50 F. High today about 95 F. Light W. breeze after 9:30, increasing to 5-10 mph after 11:00. Partly cloudy & W. winds 10-20 appx to 14:00. Pretty sunnier today. Species list: Amphibians: Bufo boreas Hyla regilla Reptiles: Sceloporus occidentalis Thamnophis couchii Sceloporus virgatus Birds: Great Blue Heron Black Phoebe Turkey Vulture Red-shouldered Hawk W. Kingfisher Red-tailed Hawk Horned Lark American Kestrel Tree Swallow Wild Turkey - most found N. Long-winged Swallow California Quail Cliff Swallow Kildeera Common Raven Morning Dove Plain Titmouse Yellow-illed Cuckoo Rock Wren Barn Owl Barick's Wren Great Horned Owl House Wren Black-capped Hummingbird American Robin Rufous Hummingbird European Starling Nuttall's Woodpecker Yellow Warbler Downy Woodpecker Common Yellowthroat N. (Red-shafted) Flicker Yellow-breasted Chat W. Wood Pewee Summer Tanager
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Truett, J. 1991 Journal 63. Shasta Fork Kern River Wildlife Area, 3 miles W. of Wolson, Kern Co., California. Elevation 2500 feet. July 18-21 Black-Rumped Grasshopper W. Meadowlark (Crab) Blue Grasshopper Brave's Bristlebill Jayuli Bunting Brown-headed Cowbird Audubon Bunting N. (Bullock's) Oriole Rufous-sided Towhee House Finch Jack Sparrow Lesser Goldfinch Fox Sparrow Lawrenci's Goldfinch Red-winged Blackbird House Sparrow Thick-billed Blackbird WARMELS: Striped Skunk Lynx Mountain Lion - Track Spiders Black Bear - track, fresh scats Orculean - Tracks Spamplious Fox Stepha Wounds Equus Big Tarringer Reserve, Morongo Valley, San Bernardino Co., California. Elevation ft. July 26 I arrived here from Sacramento by a less-than-direct route: I travelled Interstate 80 to Berkeley to drop some stuff off at my office, arriving at Berkeley about midnight. From UCB, I travelled State Hwy 13 to Interstate 595 to Interstate 5, to Inter- state 210, to Interstate 10 to State Hwy 62. In Yucca Valley I turned NW on Desperation Road. I looked for the UC Desert Reserve near Bormentown, but I couldn't find it. At least 2 early-rising village residents took a load off it. I retreated to Yucca Valley and south on Hwy 62 to the town of Morongo
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Thursday jan 1971 January 64. Big Thoro ngo Reserve, thoro ngo Valley San Bernardino Co, California. Elevation ft. July 25 Valley. Take on the east side of Town is the Nature Conservancy (Cmnt) Big Thoro ngo Reserve. I spent from 08:15 to 11:15 on the re- serva property. I walked Cottonwood, Willows, Old House, and parts of Desert Wash and Canyon Trails. Weather was clear & warm, ~ 5-10 mph NW breezes ~ a few periods of calm, particularly when birds circled. Temperature 80° -95°F. With a few exceptions, (Coate, towhee) birds were already very quiet. Riparian areas here are fed by the surface appearance of Big Thoro ngo Creek, which arises from subsurface flow on the property. There are also said to be a few springs arising on the property & contributing to the creek's flow. There are scattered large old cottonwoods to ~4 ft dbh, many to 3 ft dbh, but most of the riparian foresting canopy trees are willows. Many of these are 15-24" dbh. The understory is rich and varied, ~ lots of weeds and some cryptowillow. There are a few ashes, but I didn't see a single large tree. In places where there were small marshes, Scirpus & Typha grew in dense stands. In some places they grew as under-story to the willows, as did Equisetum. The Desert Wash trail was dominated by Desert Willow & mesquite, with Opuntia, greases and some Tamarix scattered in. Upward benches to the N and E were not explored, but these Red Joshua Tree, creosote bush, sotillo, more Opuntia & lots of other plants din there. Canyon Trail was like the riparian trails except the riparian canopy was less continuous. There were also a couple large oaks at one locality. The whole green belt was about 100
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65. Journal Trachet, J. 1991 Big Morro Reserve, Morongo Valley, San Bernardino Co., California. Elevation 4000 ft. July 26 yards wide, confined by canyon walls on which very little grow. (Suit) Species list: Amphibians: none Reptiles: Sceloporus magister Cnemidophorus tigris Calloaurus draconides Birds: Black Blue Heron - 1 Verdin - 15, mostly H.O. Red-Tailed Hawk - 1 ed, imm. Bushtit - 10 American Kestrel - 1 H.O. House Wren - 6 (4 juveniles) Bandels Quail - 45; others heard Barwick's Wren - 29 mostly juv. White-Winged Dove - 2 Canyon Wren - 3 H.O. Mourning Dove - 35, nest Rock Wren - 7, mostly H.O. Greater Roadrunner - 2 Barn-Gray Gnatcatcher - 3 Great Horned Owl - 1 N. Thrashingbird - 4 Lesser Nighthawk - 2 Calif. Thrasher - 5: 1 ed = 4 juv. Black-Chinned Hummer - 4 ? Swarzom Starling - 3 Gunn's Hummingbird - 6: 2 ?, 4 ? Boots Kite - 1 H.O. Rufous Hummer - 2 ? Orange-crowned Warbler - 1 Salasporeus sp. - 5 Virginis's Warbler - 2 Folker-Graded Woodpecker - 17 Juey's Warbler - 2 W. Kingbird - 1 Yellow Warbler - 60 Brown-Created Flycatcher - 3 Black-throated Gray W. - 1 Red-Throated Flycatcher - 18, mostly juv. Crown Yellowthroat - 7 Black Phoebe - 2 ed, 3 juv. Yellow-breasted Chat - 9 H.O. Scrub Jay - 3 juv; 3 others H.O. Summer Tanager - 7, mostly H.O. Common Raven - 3 60. theabowlack - 5 Plain Titmouse - 2 H.O. Storked Chirp - 1 H.O.
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Journal Big thornys Reserve Morongo Valley, San Bernardino Co. California. Elevation ft. July 26 Black-Headed Grosbeak -4 (cwt) Jayzuli Bunting -5 Rufous-sided Towhee -18 Black-Throated Sparrow -2 Frog Sparrow -20 W. Meadowlark -5 Brewer's Blackbird -2 Mammals: Racoon & deer track Brown-Headed Cowbird -8 Hooded Oriole - 1 H.O. N.(Bullocks) Oriole -3 H.O. House Finch -12 Lesser Goldfinch -35 green tacks (all) Lawrence's Goldfinch -1 House Sparrow -3 Blue Point Salt River, Maricopa Co. Arizona July 26 Many years ago (in the 1970's) I read of a large, undisturbed Cottonwood-willow bosque on the Salt River NE of Phoenix, Arizona. The area was called Blue Point Cottonwoods. I arrived at Blue Point on the Salt River from Big Thornys at 18:45, having N5T taken State Hwy 62 to Interstate 10, to University Avenue, to the Buse Highway. There is a U.S. Forest Service complex there, which I called. An USFS employee had heard of the peace, and pointed to the scattered, roofless surge to the N. He said a fire had destroyed the woodland, and two dead trees were all that remained. He knew of no other substantial reju- vien woodland nearby. He suggested looking at Sycamore Creek or further up Highway 87 toward Payson. As it was fast getting dark, I stopped for a couple hours before heading E. via Interstate 10. 60.
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Journal July 27 I arrived just before dawn having driven (and intermittently slept) through the night via Interstate 10 to Benson, Arizona then southw[est] via Arizona State Highways 186 & 181 to USFS roads over Quinn Saddle to S Fork of Cave Creek. I enjoyed a quick bowl of Wheaties and hit the trail at 05:15, still a bit dark to see much, but the dawn chorus was in progress, and concluded abruptly at 05:40. I liked the main trail from the end of the road to Snowshed Ridge, 4 1/2 miles one way. The weather was splendid all day. Temps 55°F - 80°F, with variable light breezes. There were a few clouds to the E at sunrise (stunning), otherwise clear until about 14:30 when a few thunder clouds passed by. I left the area at 16:30 to eating lunch, rearranging the vehicle, & attending to personal cleanliness. This is a well known place to biologists and hikers alike. I'm sure the vegetation has been more accurately described elsewhere, but I offer the following sketch anyway. The vegetation here changes gradually as one ascends the Canyon. The canyon walls themselves are spectacular in places, riddled with petrobolas, layer caves, and shafts. Their reddish color is often overwhelmed by lichens imparting their gray-green mottling. In the vicinity of the campground, the woodland is dominated by oaks of at least 4 species. Other large trees include a few sycamores (commoner upstream & much commoner downstream), Arizona cypress, madrones, alligator junipers, and a few ponderosa pines. Tree trunks are rare, though seedlings were fairly numerous. There were a few mesquite trees, too. At Maple Camp, 1 1/2 mi
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TEXAS, J. 1991 Journal South Fork Cave Creek Chiricahue Mountains Cochise Co. Arizona July 27 miles above the trailhead, we has gained little elevation, but (creek) but the epresses and madrones have dropped out by and large, as have the seconours, small & medium-sized maples are much commoner along the creek. Crypts willows appear in a few lines along the stream course. Douglasfirs appear amongst the pines (2 species of least here). Sequoia are covered with evergreen, pinion-juniper and evergreen oaks on the less steeply inclined W. side and with mixed conifers on the E. side. From here to Sunshelad Ridge, there is progressive dominance of coniferous, until just Douglasfirs with a few pines and oaks are found in the last 3/4 mile below the ridge. The understory is nice, with many ferns & grasses, as well as seedling trees. I am a very poor descriptist, and will leave the description as is: The stream is intermittent in its surface flow. Some of the larger "holes" have rainbow trout to 7 1/2". In the last 3/4 mile below Sunshelad Ridge, stream flow is entirely subsurface. Species list: Reptiles: more Rattlesnake Gopher Spiny Lizard Desert Spiny Lizard Plateau Striped Lizard Banded Rock Rattlesnake. Birds: Turkey Vultures -3 Accipiter sp. -1 Gone-tailed Hawk - 1 imm Red-tailed Hawk - 2 ad, 1 imm Peregrine - 1 ad (post 8) Gambel's Quail - 3; many others H.O. Bank-tailed Pigeon -6 Mourning Dove -4 W. Screach Owl - 1 H.O. Great Horned Owl -1 N. Pygmy-Owl -1 Poorwill - 3 H.O. W. Whip-poor-will -2 H.O. White-throated Swift - 40
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Journal South Fork Cave Creek Chiricahua Mountains Cochise Co, Arizona July 27 Broad-billed Hummingbird - 1 ? Red-breasted Nuthatch (Cont) Bearded-throated Hummer - 1 ?,3 ? White-breasted Nuthatch Magnificent Hummer - 10 ?,5 ? Pygmy Nuthatch Black-chinned Hummer-8 ? Brown Creeper Broad-tailed Hummer - 4 ? 4 o. Canyon Wren Rufous Hummingbird - 1 ? Berick's Wren Salvadoran sp. -6 House Wren Hummingbird sp -30 Ruby-crowned Kinglet Elegant Trogon - 4 ?,8, 1? min, 1 ? Thermit Thrush Acorn Woodpecker-30 American Robin Hairy Woodpecker-2 Gray Vireo - 1 ? 4 o. First I've detected here Stickland's Woodpecker -4 Plumbeous Vireo Red-shafted Flicker -18 Nuttall's Vireo Tiedled Flicker - 1 ? Virginia's Warbler I have not seen this bird in this place before. Greater Pewee Black-throated Gray Warbler W. Wood Pewee (Audubon's) Yellow-rumped Warbler Cordilleran Flycatcher Drake's Warbler Dusky-capped Flycatchers Red-faced Warbler Red-throated Flycatcher Painted Redstart Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher Olive Warbler Violet-green Swallow Hepatic Tanager Steller's Jay W. Tanager Gray-breasted Jay Black-headed Grosbeak Common Raven Rufous-sided Towhee Mexican Chickadee Chipping Sparrow Bridled Titmouse Yellow-eyed Junco Bushtid Brown-headed Cowbird
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Jocans, J.A. 1991 Journal South Fork Cave Creek, Chiricahua Mountains, Cochise Co. Arizona July 27 Scott's Needle House Fire [illegible] mammals: Lewis track chipmunk sp. - 15 Hog-nosed Skunk - 1 Apache Fox Squirrel - 12, good # Coati muntzii - 18° Big White-Tailed Deer - 2 Carr and Ramsey Canyons, Huachuca Mountains, Cochise Co. Arizona July 28 I arrived here last night after sunset via Portal-San Simon Rd to Interstate 10 W., to US Hwy 70, to US Hwy 92, which parallels the eastern base of the Huachucas Mountains. I first drove up Miller Canyon, the most southern of the 3 west side canyons with roads ascending them; but all obvious campsites were occupied. I then drove up Carr Canyon, the east canyon mouth. Well up the road I encountered someone listening for owls. He suggested trying the campground at the end of the road. This I did. I made camp at 22:15 en plein air. Hurriedly I put up my tent when it started raining at midnight. I arose at 05:10 this am., wolfed down a granola & some wheatsies and drove to my first trailhead. This was near the group (= SCA) camp one mile down the road from my camp at road's end. The trail takes off opposite the S. entrance of the group campground and heads uphill gently. Much of the high country of the Huachucas was burned about (LATE 1970s??) a decade ago, or maybe longer now. I walked (starting at 05:25) to first pocket of mostly undamaged forest, and finding no spring (I was looking for Comfort Spring), I returned to the car and to the trailhead near my camp. I started down this at 06:30.
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Journal Trachet, J. 1991 7/1 Cars and Ramsey Canyon, Huachuca Mountains, Cochise Co., Arizona July 28 I passed Crofton Springs (not very impressive) to crossing a lively (creek) little freshet & mostly coniferous forest on its immediate margins where the trail crosses near its headwaters. The trail continued to a saddle beyond the spring, going through a small remnant of un- burned forest before reaching this saddle. Beyond the saddle, one is in the Ramsey Canyon drainage, seemingly unscarred by the huge fire. The trail descends to the left toward the headwaters of Ramsey Creek & in about 1 1/2 miles, one reaches the creek at "Ham- berg." I hiked the 2.5 miles from there down canyon to Wide High Ranch at the end of Ramsey Canyon Road. After birding about an hour there, I hiked back to the Ramsey View Campground at the top of Carr Canyon, exactly retracing my route in the process. I arrived at Wide High Ranch at 07:45; I left at 10:55; I was back at my campsite at 15:00, exhausted. I ate lunch & took a nap until 17:00. I will break camp and leave for Carlsbad, New Mexico area tonight. As with any 10 mile hike over substantial elevation range and slope and exposure differences, habitat varied significantly. Where the coniferous forest on top was burned, the habitat has been claimed by a dense chaparral; where unburned, pines grew 50-60' tall. In beautiful Ramsey Canyon, the upper portion was mixed coniferous forest of pines and Douglas-fir. As one descended the canyon bottom, mesquites, sycamores, and live oaks became more numerous. In the vicinity of Wide High Ranch, there was an open, discontinuous riparian woodland of cottonwood, willow & some walnuts. Wide High has lots of falconers hummingbirds. Weather today was very nice until about 14:00, when it
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TROCHET, J. 1991 72. Journal Camp and Ramsey Canyons Huachuca Mountains Coconino Co. Arizona July 28 quickly clouded up and winds became gusty. Lightning & thunder (cont) delivered the last 1/2 miles back to camp and it poured the stretch from Comafax Springs to Ramsey View Camp. Temperatures ranged from 55°-90°F. Species List: Mammals: none Birds Turkey Vulture N. Goshawk Red-tailed Hawk Golden Eagle American Kestrel Wild Turkey White-winged Dove Uplanding Dove N. Pygmy-Owl Common Nighthawk White-tailed Swift Broad-tailed Hummer White-eared Hummer Berylline Hummer - Forest side Hi Violet-crowned Hummer Blue-throated Hummer Magnificent Hummer Black-chinned Hummer Aurora's Hummingbird Celleiopea Hummer Broad-tailed Hummer Rufous Hummingbird Elephasurus sp Elegant Trogan in Ramsey Canyon [Sared Trogon - seen by guides today] Acorn Woodpecker Ladder-backed Woodpecker Stricklands Woodpecker N. (Red-shafted) Flicker Great-tower W. Wood-Pewee Cordilleran Flycatcher Buff-breasted Flycatcher Black Phoebe Dusky-capped Flycatcher Red-throated Flycatcher Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher Cassin's Kingbird Violet-green Swallow Steller's Jay Grey-headed Jay Common Raven
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TROCHET, J. 1991 Journal Carr & Ramsey Canyons Huachuca Mountains Cochise Co., Arizona July 28 Bridled Titmouse Bombardier Warbler (Creek) Bushtit Hutton's Warbler Walking Warbler Red-crested Nitritator Yellow-breasted (Audubon's) W. White-crested Nuthatch Black-throated Gray Warbler Pygmy Nuthatch Red-faced Warbler Brown Creeper Painted Redstart Canyon Wren Olive Warbler Barick's Wren Hepatic Tanager House Wren W. Tanager Golden-crowned Kinglet Black-headed Grosbeak Ruby-crowned Kinglet Rufous-sided Towhee Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Chipping Sparrow Eastern Bluebird Yellow-eyed Junco Thraill Flycatcher Brown-headed Cowbird American Robin N. (Bullock's) Oriole Plainspice House Finch European Starling Red Crossbill-type 2 Mammals: coyote porcupine - sign chijamuk sp. Arizona White-tailed Deer Arizona Gray Squirrel Washington Ranch and the Rattlesnake Springs part of Carlsbad Caverns National Park, Eddy Co., New Mexico. Elevation 3650 feet July 29 I arrived today per request of Peggy Barton, manager, of the Carlsbad Area Retarded Citizens Residence, also known as the Washington Ranch. I expected to work for today to get so ahead to collect golf pictures as I had done in August 1989. One of us
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TROCHET J.T.A. 1978 Journal Washington Roca and the Rattlesnake Springs portion of Carlsbad Caverns National Park, Eddy Co., New Mexico. Elevation 3650 ft. July 28 (Cont.) misunderstood, since she is absent this morning and won't return until tomorrow. I will spend the day riding the ranch & adjacent NPS properties. I stayed on the properties from 10:30 to 19:30 In a general description of the area see my notes of August, 1978 Significant differences seem limited only to the greener condition of the surrounding desert and to higher water level & flow in the Black River. Tent caterpillars are abundant in the cottonwoods. Weather today saw temp. range from 85° - 95°F. Morning was partly cloudy; it was completely clear by 14:15. Intermittent light S. breezes. Only precip a brief sprinkle at 12:35. Species List: Ranidines: Rana catesbiana - 4♂♂ Lizard frog sp. - 10 Reptiles: snake (Tropetosis?) - red-orange stripe(s) on greenish background has not been seen. Birds: Pied-Billed Grebe - 4♂♂ Cordiaea sp. - 1 Green-Winged Heron - 2♂♂, 1 imm Belted Kingfisher - 1♀ Mallard - 1 ♀ Turkey Vulture - 45 Ladder-backed Woodpecker - 1♂, 2♀, 6 imm Cooper's Hawk - 1♂, 2 imm W. Wood-Peaver - 2 Hawk Red-Tailed - 1 adult. Willow Flycatcher - 2 Wild Turkey - 4, items 4-5. Black Bird 3 N. Bellowite - 1♂♀, others 4-5. Say's Phoebe - 8 American Coot - 2 Vermilion Flycatcher - 1♂♀ & 2 juni. Killdeer - 2 Cassia Kingfisher - 15 Mourning Dove - 30 W. Kingbird - 4 Yellow-Billed Cuckoo - 20 (4 young) Violet-green Swallow - 2 Cave Swallow - 4 Lesser Nighthawk - 1 Barn Swallow - 30
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Trachet, J.A. 1991 Journal 75. Washington Road and Rattlesnake Springs portion of Carlsbad Caverns National Park Eddy Co. New Mexico. Elevation 3550 feet. July 29 Swallow sp. - 10 (Cock) Crow sp - 1 Verdin - 6 Bewick's Wren - 8 E. Bluebird - 1cd, 3juns N. Mockingbird - 5 Bell's Vireo - 15, mostly h.o. Warbling Vireo - 2 [Red-eyed Vireo - 1 A.V.Waters Augusta, Georgia] Orange-crowned Warbler - 1 N. Parula - 1♀ return Crested Yellowthroat - 1 Yellow-breasted Chat - 39, mostly h.o. mammals: striped skunk - 2 coyote - scnx rock squirrel - 4cd, 2juns Summer Tanager - 12, mostly h.o. N. Tanager - 15 (3♂, 3♀, others h.o.) Black-backed Grosbeak - 1♂, 2♀, 1 h.o. Brewer's Sparrow - 18, mostly h.o. Audubon's Bunting 5♂, 1♀ Painted Bunting - 12 (3♂, 5♀, others h.o.) Dark-eyed Juncos - 3 Red-winged Blackbird - 5♂ Brown-headed Cowbird - 50, mostly in one flock. Meadowlark - 8cd, 3fem ♀, 4♂ N. Orphea - 12, mostly h.o. Henslow's Sparrow - 35 Townsend's Solitaire - 120 Raccoon Track proced sparrow sp - 4 mule deer - 6 Washington Road adjacent to Rattlesnake Springs portion of Carlsbad Caverns National Park, Eddy Co., New Mexico, Elevation 3560 feet. July 30 - I camped last night in Dove Rock, Arizona, on the trail to Dog August 12 Canyon, about 25 minutes from here. (That's the closest legal camping, on BLM land.) I arrived here at 06:45. I walked around Rattlesnake Springs for a couple hours calling on Mrs. Burton. At 09:00, I obtained permission from Peggy Burton to both camp on the ranch and to collect birds. By 10:00 I had my tents up and 2 nets deployed.
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July 30 1971 journal Washington Ranch, adjacent to Rattlesnake Springs park of Carlsbad Caverna National Park. Eddy Co., New Mexico. Elevation 3650 feet July 30- Goldfinches were far less numerous today. Their favorite August food sources, thistle and wild sunflower (Helianthus), are abundant (contrast) here this year. Disappointing was my not success for goldfinches today, but I caught lots of birds. Weather July 30 was sunny dawn til noon, then mostly sunny to 14:30, then ½ clear ½ cloudy to 19:00, after which skies per- gressively cleared. Temperature ranged from 65°-95°F. There was little breeze in the morning, intermittent 5-10 mph S. winds in the afternoon. Dusk was still. July 31- I caught no goldfinches early, and moved my nets twice before beginning to catch my study organisms. Beginning about 11:30, I started catching goldfinches steadily. I should note that goldfinch numbers halved again today. They're really moving out of area. Those remaining show any evidence of continuing breeding (S.D.). After this morning's slow start, I visited nearby Daughter Canyon, C.C.N.P., approx 10 miles W. of Washington Ranch. I spent about 45 minutes there, ending at 10:15. Lower Daughter Canyon is about 250-400 yards wide, I several scoured dry channels in it. Fairly recently the vegetation burned over a large area of the lower canyon. There are many dead mesquite snags and yuccas. Vegetation is of catclaw acacia, yucca, prickly pear, cholla, other cacti, scotiller, desert willow, desert Holly, and this year lots of even green 3'-wild- flowers. There are many other plants I can't identify, but the aspect is one of much fine crabbe, most vegetation 3-5' high, scattered evergreen yuccas (spikes), scotiller, mesquite & other larger trees & bushes. Lower wash vegetation is taller and more densely grown, and
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Thursday, June 1991 Journal 77. Washington Ranch adjacent to Rattlesnake Springs section of Gila Cliff Dwellings National Park, Eddy Co., New Mexico. Elevation 3650 feet. July 30 - greener, than this on the slopes. At Rim Rock level the canyon is August 2 probably about 1/2 mile wide. There are several responses of vertical rock (Co.) The weather today was a carbon copy of this of July 30 - sunny! On August 1, I got shut out for Cardinals at my site - except for one finch. The only goldfinch taken was by dust steps. The number of House Goldfinches on the property & at adjacent Rattlesnake Springs is about 25. Today was a very slow day. Weather August 1 was clear humid-feeling, with less dew at dawn. There were lots of high cirrus clouds at sunrise, which quickly dissipated. The remainder of the morning was clear & calm. A light S. breeze came up about noon. July Augus thunderclouds over the Guadalupe Mountains to the West brought dusk 90 minutes early. Temperatures ranged from 60°F to 80°F. On August 2, I again would note twice during the day, but my target birds continued to diminish in numbers. I estimate only 15 psatnia were around today. Of these I secured two in my nets. I have concluded that I will be unable to fill out my samples this year. I will have to return next season. I need more adult males than I have been able to obtain. The weather August 2 saw light NE winds at dawn, & cirrus clouds in every direction. These clouds soon gave way to blue skies, until about 11:30, when thunderclouds began building over the Guadalupe. These built to staggering size, then some drifted east over Washington Ranch about 13:45. There was a brief, hard rain at 14:30, followed by a spring-like steady light mod. rain from 15:15 to 16:15. Skies long cleared after that, as did by 19:30
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Journal Washington Ranch adjacent to Rattlesnake Springs portion of Carlsbad Caverns National Park, Eddy Co., New Mexico. Elevation 3500 feet. July 30 (caused), the few clouds that remained were over the mountains & the August 2 week. Fireflies were out as I left at 21:30. 4 numbers indicate totals for observation days (Cant) Species Zinck (Athens': WR, Washington Ranch; RS, Rattlesnake Springs; S.C., Straight Canyon; no locality - numbers lumped for WR & RS): Crawfishing: Rana Catesbiana 10-6-3-6 Scaphiopus multiplicata 0-0-1-0 WR Rana Alaria 18-8-5-10 Sceloporus graciosus 0-0-0-1 RS. Reptiles: Caudosaga scripta WR: Leptotyphlops dulcis 1-0-0-0 CC. Caudosaga coarctata WR: Pituophis - 0-1-0-0 Ghost Plains Skink Bromophis sp - 0-0-1-0 RS. Chihuahuan Whiptail Elephias sp - S.C. 7/31-1; cause? out of Chakana's Whiptail Crotalus atrox S.C. 7/31-1; 4 1/2' 3rd Cnemidophorus sp. Birds: Pied-Gilled Throated Warbler WR 8/1-1 Harris's Roadrunner Shoe-raked Harrow - ed or near WR 8/1 Ghost Horned Owl Mallard Common Poorwill Turkey Vulture Black-Chinned Hummer W. Harris Zebra Kingfisher Swainson's Hawk Ladder-backed Woodpecker Red-tailed Hawk Western Wood-Pewee Wild Turkey Willow Flycatcher N. Bohnite Black Phoebe Scaled Quail Say's Phoebe Carrion Crow Vermilion Flycatcher Killdeer Ash-tailed Flycatcher Mourning Dove Cassin's Kingbird Yellow-billed Cuckoo Western Kingbird
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Trachet, J. A. 1991 Journal 79. Washington Ranch, adjacent to Rattlesnake Springs portion of Carlsbad Caverns National Park, Eddy Co., New Mexico. Elevation 3650 feet. July 30 - Eastern Kingbird Western Tanager August 2 Violet-green Swallow N. Cardinal (Cont) Cliff Swallow Pyrrhuloxia Cave Swallow Black-Headed Grosbeak swallow sp. Blue Grosbeak Verdin Jayuli Bunting Cactus Wren Indigo Bunting Rock Wren Painted Bunting Canyon Wren Cassin's Sparrow Brewick's Wren Rufous-Crowned Sparrow Eastern Bluebird Chipping Sparrow N. Mockingbird Jack Sparrow Curve-Billed Thrasher Black-Throated Sparrow Zigzagred Thrush Jack Bunting Bell's Vireo Red-winged Blackbird Gray Vireo E. Meadowlark Warbling Vireo Bronzed Cowbird Red-eyed Vireo Bram-Headed Cuthrib Orange-Crowned Warbler Orchard Oriole N. Parula Hooded Oriole American Redstart N. (Bullock's) Oriole Brockmarty Warbler House Finch Common Yellowthroat Pine Siskin Yellow-breasted Chat Lesser Goldfinch Hepatic Tanager Summer Tanager
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Texas, fall 1991 Journal Washington Ranch, adjacent to Rattlesnake Spring portion of Carlsbad Caverns National Park, Eddy Co., New Mexico. Elevation 3650 feet. July 30 - Anomala: Canis - Track procyon gopher sp August 2 Striped Skunk Eritrigon (Cant) small bat sp Lyssus mouse sp Sylvilagus rock squirrel Odocoileus Dipodomys sp Gila River, 4 miles downstream from Highway 180 bridge. Gila National Forest Draco Cr., New Mexico. Elevation 4350 ft. August 5-7 - I left Washington Ranch to find a field site in south-central New Mexico. I drove first to Aguirre Springs National Recreation Area on the east side of the Organ Mtns in Doña Ana County. I took U.S. Hwy 62/180 to Carlsbad, picked up U.S. Hwy 285 north to Artesia, then went on U.S. 82 through Cloudcroft & Alamogordo to the signed turn-off for Aguirre Springs. The access road was gated near its Terminus, and I parked in the dark waiting for dawn. With day-light, I drove to a high spot in the road, climbed atop my car & scouted the area for deciduous riparian habitat likely to hold goldfinches in winter. Finding none, I determined to scout the Rio Grande in southern New Mexico for suitable habitat. I drove from Las Cruces to Socorro, taking several side roads as well, but using U.S. Highway 85 most of the time. On the west side of La Cueva, an area known as the "Old Refuge" was touted as a riparian bird haven, but clearly all of the large cottonwoods are dead, long dead. The Tamarisk had no goldfinches when I visited. By far the best gold-finch habitat was at Lucero Dam State Park in Sierra Co., near Arroy.
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Dike River 4 miles downstream of Highway 180 Bridge, Dike National Forest, Grant Co., New Mexico. Elevation 4350 ft. August 5-7 Despite a very decent riparian woodland of cottonwood, willow, and tamarisk, I detected no goldfinches there (I did find a striped whipsnake there). After an hour or so pacing around the park and along the river south of the park fence, I continued north to Fremont. North of Pecos Dam State Park, riparian habitat is scarce and poor. Really, the Rio Grande in this part of the state is little more than a big, manicured ditch. From Fremont, I returned south to spend the night at Elephant Butte State Park. On the morning of August 4 I drove to Silver City, New Mexico via New Mexico State Highway 90 and U.S. Highway 180. I arrived at 10:30. Since it was raining, and rain was expected all day, I checked into a motel. I needed to shop to restock supplies of food, ice, drinks; to shower in a good way; & to catch up on my notes. I wanted also to watch the Giants vs Reds baseball game later on ESPN. August 5 I left Silver City at 07:00 and continued W on U.S. Hwy 180. On arrival at the Dike River, I took Bise Evans Lake Rd downstream along the river. The road becomes Forest Road 909. There I took to a potential study area just into Dike National Forest. At 07:45, I ran into a group of bird watchers who said they had seen Lesser Goldfinch—one! As I was talking to them, I heard several. I then drove to Cliff, New Mexico to the headquarters of the Pacific Western Ford Co., on whose property I worked 2 years ago. A sign on the office said “closed today for funeral services.” As I returned to the Dike National Forest site. When I returned at 10:15, the skies were already heavily overcast, so I quickly pitched my tents and transferred the working materials into one and my sleeping gear into the other. At
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Journal Chia River 4 miles downstream of U.S. Highway 185 bridge, Gila National Forest, Grand Cr., New Mexico. Elevation [illegible]. August 5-7 12:40 there began a 2 hour break in the weather, during which I scouted [crad] for possible nest sites. I had no opportunity to net birds today. Western August 5 was overcast all day, with rain beginning at 11:00, accompanied by lightning, thunder and gusty winds. Between 12:40 and 14:45, rains held off while gusty winds continued to blow. A moderate rain began at 14:45 and this became a downpour at 16:10. Lightning struck very close three times. Excepting one 1/5 minute and two 1/8 minute breaks, it rained heavily until at least 20:50. Temp. 65-85°F. The river level at dawn August 6 was up six inches from yesterday and down a few inches from its high in its night. From a thin chocolate about 120' wide line soup yesterday the river was opaque, rich chocolate today. The fence four- key to the national forest was partially lost in the high water. I set up nets into at three promising sites near camp, but caught nothing: one blue grosbeak and one cardinal (luck!) until a late afternoon flurry of activity coincident with a storm's threatening. Between 17:30 and 19:30 I caught 8 Lesser Grebes and nothing else. The habitat at this location is a discontinuous gallery forest fron[illegible] of big cottonwoods (30-50' tall, 7-5' dbh), with some small cottonwoods in places. There were some big sycamores, too, but as small ones were seen. Large willows grew in a pocket at one place, forming a thicket with Arizona walnuts and a single oak tree. There were several small willow trees widely distributed. Margu[illegible] was a lesser component of the woodland at the margins of the floodplain. The gallery forest was far more continuous on the opposite bank of the river. The earth was covered with a variety of grasses and forbs, and in low areas and by the [river], with juteum. Bare earth shows springy, under shading
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TROCHET, JR. 1991 83. Journal Dike Run 4 miles downstream of US Highway 160 Bridge. Dike National Frost, Grant C., New Mexico. Elevation [illegible]. August 5-7 trees and on casual walks. Foliage include pink box flower, 2 yellow (cont) composites, Vallisneria palos, cockleburs, wild squash, mint & evening primrose. The slopes above the floodplain were of a moderately open woodland of juniper, juniper and 3 species of oak, admixed with some cliffrose, walking stick clematis, some cat-claw acacia, and lots of grasses & forbs. Juniper grew in pure stands on N. facing slopes. I camped under 2 very large cottonwoods which provided continuous shade from 11:15 to sunset. The weather August 6 seemed clear, if a bit of fog in the river valley and 2-3 clouds to NE over the Throggsburg massif. When the fog burned off, the air felt much less humid than yesterday. Clouds cover built back in around 14:45, but storms did not threaten closely until around 17:30. At 19:30, gusty winds, lightning closely, and a few large drops of rain ended my day field. Winds abated at 20:45, and the rain that threatened never really materialized. Temper- atures range 55°F to 85°F. On August 7, I opened my nets by 05:50. It was a side road breeze Camp leading away from the floodplain; this I briefly explored from 07:30 to 08:30. I worked my nets until noon, when I had 5 more goldfinches. Counting the birds obtained in 1989 on Pacific Western Farm Co. property, this completed a sample of twenty goldfinches. The weather today August 7 was clear at dawn, with a few clouds to the NE and E. There was a light downstream breeze. Temperature were about 55°F. By 10:30 there were thunderclouds all around. Winds became steady 5-10 up from SW after 12:00, with persistent mist, cloudy conditions. It rained for about 5 minutes at 12:20, but
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Trachet, J.A. 1991 January Dix River, 4 miles downstream of U.S. highway /80 Bridge Side National Forest Grant Co. New Mexico. Elevation [illegible] August 5-7 Despite continued threats, it rained at no other time. Maximum (cont) temperature was about 80° F. I broke camp and left the area at 16:00, with lightning flickering and thunder clapping nearby, simultaneously, gusty wind blowing, and still no rain. Species list for this area (SR = side road walked Aug. 7) Amphibia: Rana catesbiana Reptiles: two lizard desert geckos whiptail large fence lizard type Chihuahuan spotted Whiptail Greater earless Lizard casser earless Lizard Birds: Breed Buteo thern Common Night Hawk Green-backed Hearn Broad-tailed Hummingbird -S Aug 6 Turkey Vulture Ruby-throated Hummer-potted 79 Aug 7 Cooper's Hawk Bolted Kingfisher Long-tailed Hawk green Woodpecker (SR) Red-tailed Hawk green Woodpecker American Kestrel Ladder-backed Woodpecker Wild Turkey - Creek N( Red-shafted) Flicker Gambel's Quail W. Wood-Pewee Killdeer Gray Jaycater (SR) Spotted Sandpiper Empidrome sp Rock Dove Bark Pewee (Morning Dove Say's Phoebe White-winged Dove Vermilion Flycatcher Yellow-billed Cuckoo Red-throated Flycatcher (SR)
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Lukens, John 1991 Journal 85. Big River & road some time from US Highway 180 Bridge. Big National Forest. Front Cr. Van Vreica. Elevation ft. August 5-7 Cassin's Kingbird Yellow Warbler (Coot) W Kingbird American Robin - ad? Tree Swallow Yellow-breasted Chat Verdigris-green Swallow Red-eyed Vireo (SR) Cliff Swallow Summer Tanager Sparrow-fay (SR) N. Cardinal Gray-breasted Jay Black-headed Grosbeak American Crow Rose Grosbeak Common Raven Jaybird Bunting Bridled Titmouse Rufous-sided Towhee Bandit Titmouse (SR) Canyon Towhee (SR) Verdant Chute Towhee Bush-tit Cassin's Sparrow (SR) White-breasted Nuttall Rufous-crowned Sparrow (SR) Rock Wren (SR) Dark Sparrow Canyon Wren (SR) Black-throated Sparrow Benwick's Wren Great-tailed Grackle N. Warbling Hooded Oriole [Plain-pigeon] reported by birds from Bird Club Aug 5 N. (Bullerby) Oriole Bamboo Vireo House Finch Lucy's Warbler Lesser Goldfinch mammals: Neotoma fuscata Rock Squirrel Skunk-track Lepus Californicus Domestic Cat-track Ictidomys scapinus - track Crysta-H.o. Bird Musca sp-track
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J. A. Trochet 1991-1992 Journal 1992 Calif: Shasta Co. Calif: San Bernadino, Los Angeles Cos. Arizona: Maricopa Co. Texas: Hidalgo, Cameron, Kenedy, Travis, Kinney, Jeff Davis, Presidio Cos. Arizona: Maricopa Co. New Mexico: Hidalgo Co. Texas: Presidio, Jeff Davis, Randall, Armstrong Cos. Calif: San Bernadino, Shasta Cos. New Mexico: Hidalgo, Eddy, Socorro Cos. Oregon: Harney Co. Nevada: Elko Co. Arizona: Navajo Co.
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Shrew J. 1992 Journal 22491 Willow Drive Palo Cedro Siskiyou Co. California Elevation 500 feet. March 25 Bob and Kathy Hanson kindly consented to my setting birds on their sub- unborn property in southern Siskiyou Co, in an area of oak woodland and occa- sional prades. In this hilly area, the large Quercus dominated the hilltops, and the slopes and low spots have deciduous oaks 20-35' tall, 8-18" dbh, trees spaced 5-20' apart. There are scattered manzanitas which also grow in one substantial clump in the yard. There is some green grass/ fat cover of the soil. Down slope from the back of the house, just beyond the property fence line, is a 50 x 70 pond c an 8' high brush pile in the middle of it. The oaks have mostly budded out and some flowers are also visible. There was a dry creek about 3/4 mile SE of the property. A crude map: x - rough indication of location & density of deciduous oaks -- NET LOCATIONS 5 100 ft -> I set up my nets at 06:55, setting out my Jaded birds before them in the usual fashion. There were lots of lesser goldfinches about lots of singing & chasing, some birds seemingly already in pairs. My netting success was steady throughout the day. PERIMETER OF MOWED YARD HOUSE TO OTHER PROPERTIES
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Journal 27491 Willow Drive, Palm Desert, Santa Rosa Cr., California. Elevation 500 ft. March 25 Weather: Sun today was clear & pleasant. Temperatures ranged from (Cont) about 45°F to 75°, too low in the grass prevailing to 59-60°. Winds were light & variable until about 17:30, when they became consistently W. breezes. Clouds were seen only at great distance to the N/E. Species List: Reptiles: Hyla regilla Reptiles: Sceloporus occidentalis Birds: Great Blue Heron - 2 Canada Goose - 2 (H.O.) Swallows - 4 Turkey Vulture - 1 Red-shouldered Hawk - 2 Common Pheasant - 4. Morning Dove - 5 Anna's Hummingbird - 5 Booted Kingfisher - 2 (H.O.) Acorn Woodpecker - 12 Nutall's Woodpecker - 1 Red-shafted Sucker - 4 Ivan Swallow - 30 Scrub Jay - 1 American Crow - 10 Mammals: Komomya - digging Plain Titmouse - 12 White-breasted Nuthatch - 8 (mostly H.O.) Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 4 W. Bluebird - 10 American Robin - 2 European Starling - 25 Audubon's Warbler - 4 Dark Sparrow - 4 White Crowned Sparrow - 16 Brown's Blackbird - 65 Blue Finch - 35 Lesser Goldfinch - 30 American Goldfinch - 2 (H.O.) House Sparrow - 2 April 7 On the recommendation of Jim Lee-Laviers, biology professor at Chaffey Day Canyon, San Gabriel Mountains, near Rosser Curamanga, San Bernardino Cr. California. Elevation 2500 feet.
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Trickett, J.A. 1992 Journal Day Canyon San Gabriel Mountains near Rancho Cucamonga, San Bernardino Co., California. Elevation 2050 feet. April 7 College, and who accompanied me into the canyon today, I visited Day (Cant) Canyon with the idea of collecting lesser goldfinches on the southern-most portion of San Bernardis National Forest. Jim Lee keys to the two locked gates, put up by the local municipal water corporation, for which Day Canyon Creek is an important resource. Northwest, there is abundant evidence that the lower canyon and its bajada get lots of foot & bicycle traffic. The road toward the canyon crosses the Cucamonga fault, where upheaval has created a number of fans, one of which is still intact below Day Canyon (most apparently were intensively farmed until their post strike dried and blew away). The bajada and the lower mountain slopes show evidence of an extensive fire, this in 1989, according to Jim. The bajada & lower slopes and ridges were once chinise chaparral. That on the bajada has been almost en- tirely replaced by sage, both black sage & white sage. The road winds up toward the canyon mouth passing an exotic pine planting on one hill, and on another hill closer to the canyon mouth, a planting of Eucalyptus. Below due to the west of this encroaches the hill has been gouged into a flood control corporation. From this same spot, the mouth of Day Canyon is visible about 1/2 mile to the north. The canyon is narrow, confined by tall, steep, severe and obscured in this view by the snow-cled summit of Cucamonga Peak (8556'). The area immediately below Day Canyon, perhaps also because of flood control work, is mostly an unvegetated boulder field. But Day Canyon itself is well vegetated. The dominant tree in the canyon bottom is elder; a few old trees cared by Jim are 70 years old, but most large trees are 50-55 years old. These trees form a continuous, closed-canopy,
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Teachet, J.A. 1992 Journal Day Canyon, San Gabriel Mountains, near roads Cucamonga, San Bernardino Cr, California. Elevation 2800 feet April 7 gallery forest with trees 20-30 feet tall, 8-16" DBH, and fully leafed out. (CrM) Mostly excluded from the immediate margins of the creek were other tree species of the canyon bottom: Quercus chrysolepis & Calif. Bay; shrubs include manzanita & mountain mahogany on the lower canyon slopes. Remarkable was one very large (70-35' tall, 35-46" dbh) maple on a sun exposed rocky bench about 30 yards downstream of the nearest riparian woodland. Evidently, the gallery forest once extended downstream a great distance than now. This giant maple is sickly, and will not likely survive many more years. There are a scattered few maples as understory trees (supposing normally) in its riparian creed upstream. The alder forest extends about 1/4 mile, then continues as a bordering strip adjacent to the creek for 3/4 mile of otherwise bouldery flats to a narrow spot into the canyon, where the riparian woodland once again brokens. The breadth of the canyon is 50-150 yards. Canyon slopes are appears 60°. These slopes once had spotty coverage with conifers. The pines have almost all been fire-killed, but the fire seem to have survived much better. Once above the meadows, the trail becomes very difficult to follow, especially if one desires to stay out of the 10-15' wide creek. Canyon orientation is mostly NW draining to SE. Next signed road is Etiwanda Avenue, which one follows north to get to the gravel roads leading to the canyon (Etiwanda intersects all major E-W roads in the area, including Interstate 10). Due the absence of keys to the gates, it's a 1 1/2 mile uphill walk to the canyon. This is really a splendid place but for one serious debit: the long haul is pretty wicked. The air toward the populated areas below is decidedly crisp.
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Journal Day Canyon, San Gabriel Mountains near Rancho Cucamonga, San Bernardino Cr., California. Elevation 2800 feet. April 7 Excepting the snow, the weather was clear today with mild W. (cold) breezes. Temperatures 65-70°F. Time of visit 10:30 to 13:00. Species list: Amphibians - none. We spent a bit of time looking for Borealtoads sp. in the forest along the creek, but no success. Reptiles: Sidewinder sp (striped) snake sp. Birds: Red-tailed Hawk - 108. Cassin's Vireo California Quail - 2, other H.O. Hatton's Vireo Band-tailed Pigeon Warbling Vireo Mourning Dove Orange-crowned Warbler Black-chinned Hummer Yellow Warbler Anne's Hummingbird Bullock's Warbler Crested Hummingbird Rufous-sided Towhee Pacific Slope Flycatcher California Towhee Violet Green Swallow Black-throated Sparrow Steller's Jay Gray Sparrow Pine Titmouse N. (Bullrichi) Vireo Bushtit House Wren Barrick's Wren Jesse's Goldfinch House Wren American Robin Wrentit California Thrasher unanimal: dog-track Mule deer-track
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Jerome J.A. 1992 January Ever Canyon & Cold Canyon, San Gabriel Mountains, Los Angeles Ca., California. Elevations: Ever Canyon 2500 ft Cold Canyon 1800 ft. April 7 After I returned Jim deLauriers to his office at Clapper College, I drove at his suggestion to Ever Canyon, off 224 Baldy Road 1/2 mile N. of San Antonio Dam on San Antonio Creek, just inside Los Angeles County's eastern border. This is a pretty, oak dominated canyon (Q. chrysolepis mostly) with toyon shrub understory and a small forn in the creek. The canyon drains ESE to San Antonio Creek. I visited only briefly (14:00 to 14:45), walking swiftly up canyon to judge greorgia population size. They did not appear to be numerous. I then drove (again at Jim's suggestion) to Pomona College to meet someone who might steer me to a good field site. He was not avail- able, but Rachel Zarin, a new biology faculty person there, suggested Cold Canyon, due N. of Campus at the end of Miles Avenue. Cold Canyon drains SE, with little flow in the creek. Cold Canyon vegetation was again dominated by oaks and toyon, but the plants seemed much smaller than individuals in Ever Canyon. In spots along the creek there were a few willows and a few alders. Adenostoma chrysophyll covered the lower I medium elevation slopes, which were much more visible here than at Ever C. There were pockets of eucalyptus and oaks, visible at a distance high in the canyon. I visited Cold Canyon from 16:45 to 17:00 (approx). Birdsrikes were numerous at Cold Canyon. Weather: this afternoon was clear, with a fair 5-10 mph W. wind. Temperature about 70°F, down slightly at sundown. Species List: (CC = Cold Canyon; EC = Ever Canyon) Herps: none Birds: Larky Vulture - 1 CC California Quail - H.O. CC, EC Red-tailed Hawk - 2d CC Greater Yellowlegs - 1 F.S. CC
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Journal 7 Eves and Color Canyons, San Gabriel Mountains, Los Angeles Co., California Elevations: Eves Canyon 2500 feet; Color Canyon (800 feet) April 7 Band-Tailed Pigeon Hermit Thrush - singing? CC (cont) Mourning Dove American Robin Grand Herons Oak Wrentit White-throated Swift-4/0, CC California Thrasher Anna's Hummingbird Fluttois Vireo Green Woodpecker Orange-crowned Warbler Nutlock's Woodpecker Audubon's Warbler Pacific Slope Flycatcher Black-billed Cuckoo Scout Jay Reynolds-sided Towhee Pine Titmouse California Towhee Bustit Gray Sparrow Dunck's Chen N. (Billard's) Siskin Harris Chen Lesser Goldfinch Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Salt River southwest of Phoenix, Maricopa Co., Arizona April 8 I drove last night from Pomona, California to Goodyear, Arizona, a west-side suburb of Phoenix, via Interstate 10. I slept for a few hours on the frontage road adjacent to the freeway, awaiting first light to complete my drive to the Salt River on Phoenix's southwest side. Dr. Conrado Roe of the San Diego Natural History Museum had suggested this as a favorable place to collect goldfinches. The river between 91st Avenue and 115th Avenue, opposite the Glen Arrow Reser- vation on the south bank, has developed a substantial riparian woodlands in the last 10-15 years; kept going in dry times by effluent from the Phoenix sewage treatment plant at 91st Avenue. I made calls at
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April 1992 Journal Salt River, south west of Phoenix, Maricopa Co., Arizona. April 8 97th and 115th Avenues on the N. bank of the Salt. The channel was (Cont) flooded. The bridge to the reservation at 115th Ave. was under water! The gallery woodland appeared potentially satisfactory for goldfinches. There was a pretty even mix of Fremont Cottonwoods and silt cedars (Tamarix). The cottonwoods were 12-25 feet tall, approx 40-60" dbh; the silt cedars were 10-20 feet tall. Any understory was underwater, as the river was confined by gravelly - boulderly shores devoid of plant life. The adjacent fields were devoted to agricultural crops, & a few dry fallow fields grown to mixed bush & grass, too littery mostly dry. I saw finches, and no goldfinches. Only the white-tailed kite at 115th Ave. was notable. I hope to check this place again at a time of lower water. I visited from 06:15 - 10:00. I spent the remainder of the day in Phoenix area bookstores before returning to California in the evening via Interstate 10. Day Canyon, San Gabriel Mountains, near Riverside, California. Bernardina St., California. Elevation 2800 ft. April 9 I arrived here from Phoenix (via Interstate 10, turning N. at Etiwanda Avenue exit and following this road to its end at an E-W oriented gravel road. This I followed W. for about a mile, then turned N. on another gravel road (some of the gravel roads are signed). This road is gated, and finding this gate in the dark reassured me that I was indeed where I intended to be. Again I stayed in my car a few hours until it was light enough to hike into the canyon with a flashlight. I visited Day Canyon from 06:30 to 11:30, after which I visited my in-laws briefly in Duarte, then returned home to Sacramento. See April 7 account for detailed description.
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Journal Day Canyon San Gabriel Mountains, near Rancho Cucamonga San Bernardino Co., California. Elevation 2800 ft. April 9 Western April 9 was beautiful. Skies were cloudless, & a faint fog (cont) early in the morning, turning off by 6:00, perhaps coincident with development of light w breezes. Temperature 50°-70°F. Species List: Unidentified: Hyge regilla Reptiles: Sceloporus occidentalis Camidiprurus (tigeris) Birds: Turkey Vulture -3 Barwick's Wren Red-Tailed Hawk - 20 pair House Wren California Quail Western Bewick Mountain Quail American Robin Band-tailed Pigeon Wrentit Morning Dove California Thrasher Poorwill Cassin's Vireo Black-chinned Hummingbird Warbling Vireo Rene's Hummingbird Orange-crowned Warbler Costa's Hummingbird Yellow Warbler Davy Woodpecker Black-throated Gray Warbler N. (Red-shifted) Flicker Rubberwood's Warbler Pacific Slope Flycatcher Myrtle Warbler Red-breasted Flycatcher Townsend's Warbler Violet-green Swallow Black-headed Grosbeak Steller's Jay Pine-sided Towhee Scrub Jay Black-chinned Sparrow Rock Wren White-crowned Sparrow Canyon Wren Brewer's Sparrow House Finch Lesser Goldfinch
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Sacramento 1992 Journal Day Canyon, San Gabriel Mountains near Rancho Cucamonga, San Bernardino Co., California. Elevation 2800 ft. April 7 mammals: [illegible] [illegible] (Coix) [illegible] sp. April 23 I left Sacramento just before 06:00 on my way to Texas for field work & to attend a wedding in Houston early next month, but with the plan to visit Day Canyon en route. I arrived at Day Canyon via California Hwy 99 to I-5, to I-210, to I-10, exit at Haven Avenue to return a Batescope major alcoholic specimen to findes farnies, than took Highland Avenue east, turned N on Etiwanda and followed the assigned gravel roads to the locked gate about 1/2 miles from the canyon. The visit as described April 7. I visited the area from 13:30 to 17:30. More gopher snakes were seen again today. Weather April 23 was very fine. Temperature 70-75°, 5-10 mph W. Wind, no clouds, light snow. Species List: Reptiles: Sceloporus - many Cnemidophorus - several Birds: Turkey Vulture Red-tailed Hawk California Quail Mountain Quail Bands-tailed Pigeon Common Ring Dove Red-shouldered Hawk Anna's Hummingbird Phrynosoma sp. - 1 Heterosia lateralis - 1 W. Wood Pewee Pacific Slope Flycatcher Bob-tailed Flycatcher W. Kingbird Violet-green Swallow Sallen's Jay Scrub Jay Plain Titmouse
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TACKET, J. 1992 Journal Day Canyon, San Gabriel Mountains near Rancho Cucamonga, San Bernardino CA, California Elevation 2800 feet. April 23 Busebird Audubon's Warbler (Car) Rock Wren Black-Necked Grosbeak Canyon Wren Lazuli Bunting Benice Wren Rufous-sided Towhee House Wren Chipping Sparrow Desert Gray Catatcuh Black-chinned Sparrow W Bluebird Jack Sparrows American Robin Sage Sparrow Warbler Song Sparrow Warbling Vireo White-Crowned Sparrow Brown-Headed Cowbird Orange-Crowned Warbler Blue Jay Yellow Warbler Lean Birdpeice Travel Day April 24 After leaving Day Canyon I returned to Interstate 15 and proceeded E. through Arizona, New Mexico and into Texas until I broke down in Fort Stockton at 21:30. I was unable to find the fuel filter I needed at that hour, so I spent the night in a motel. The shower felt good! April 25 I bought the fuel filter from an auto parts store at 08:30 and was up ad running well by 08:50. From Fort Stockton I took U.S. Hwy 285 to Sanbon (where a called security car across the road in front of me), where I turned E on U.S. Hwy 90 to Del Rio, where I picked up U.S. Hwy 277. I traveled this Highway through Eagle Pass to Gonzaga's Carriga Springs, where I took U.S. Hwy 83. Then I turned E. on Texas State Hwy 44 to Alice, Texas, then turning S. on US 281. I turned E. to Kingsville on Texas Hwy 141. My contacts for S. Texas
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Journal Travel Day April 25 Live in and around Kingsville. I phoned Mr. Paul Palmer, his wife (Cris) answered, saying he was out of town. I called Mr. John Armbruster. He was hosting a family reunion and would be unavailable until Monday, 4/27. Likewise, Dr. O’Neil was also out of town until Monday. Day light was waning. I resolved to go down to the Rio Grande Valley to do some bird watching. I camped at Bexar Rio Grande Valley State Park. While setting up my tent in the dark I heard parakeets and E. Screchowl, and I saw a racoon. I finally got to bed just before midnight. Lower Rio Grande Valley, Hidalgo & Cameron Counties, Texas April 26 I woke up later than I hoped (I was tireder than I wanted to behave) and after a quick breakfast at Bexar State Park, I drove at least distance from here to my first stop, Angelina County Park, Hidalgo Co. This park borders the river and has picnic grounds and hunting areas. Referring to it is a second example of T. Texas vegetation “Brush”, a really dense growth of low trees/shrubs, many armed with thorns, prickles, or something pointed & annoying. This is posted against trespassing, but I visited by cutting through an unposted part of the fence. I visited Angelina County Park from 08:15 to 13:45. I then made the drive to National Audubon Society’s Sabel Palm Sanctuary of Southmost, SE of Brownsville, in Cameron County. This parcel protects the larger of the two remaining tracts of native Sabel Palm, which here is the dominant tree in the vegetation thornscrub. While here I saw a few lesser goldfinches. I spoke with Pete Farmer, manager of the Sanctuary. He informed me that they hosted next year, with a next fund was headquarters on June 20, 1991. They appeared in fair numbers when
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Journal Tricket, J.A. 1992 Lower Rio Grande Valley, Hidalgo & Cameron Counties, Texas April 26 a nearly field was given to millets, she told me. Among naturalists, (Crinit) Salad Palm Sanctuary is probably better known to herpetologists and lepidopterists for species whose U.S distribution is almost coincident with sanctuary boundaries. I visited the sanctuary from 15:15 to 17:30. I then sped to Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge, Cameron Co., but when I arrived (18:30) two iron road gates were already locked. I spent the remaining hour of daylight walking two trails through mesquite & grassland near the roadsquations. I camped at a particularly lovely county park just north of the refuge. Weather today was clear, humid and pleasantly warm, with E. freezes after 12:30. Temperatures ranged from 68-85° F. Species List (ACP = Oupalduces County Park; SPS Salad Palm Sanctuary; NWR = Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge) N.B.: where taken seen multiple places, sequence of numbers is given respectively to sequence of sites targeted: Cameron sp. ACP Audubon cardinals - 1,SPS Cardinalis sp - many SPS; 1 NWR Birds: common sp - 1 NWR Coyote's Hawk - ACP Great Blue Heron - 1 NWR Harris' Hawk - ACP Great Egret - SPS,NWR Grey Hawk - ACP Snowy Egret - NWR Swainson's Hawk - SPS, NWR Ivied Bird Thren - NWR Plain Chachalacoa - ACP,SPS Cattle Egret - SPS,NWR N. Buteo White - ACP Green-backed Hum - SPS Solitary Sandpiper - 2, SPS Black-crowned Nightjar NUR Laughing Gull - ACP,SPS, NWR Black-collared Whistling Duck - ACP, SPS Caspian Tern - NUR Turkey Vulture - ACP small-wed Stone sp. - 1 NWR 2 Hawk-billed Kite - 1, ACP Rock Dove - many Harlingen Black-headed Kite - ACP
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Lucius J. A. 1992 Journal Lower Rio Grande Valley, Hidalgo & Cameron Counties Texas April 26 White-winged Dove - ACP, SPS, NWR (Crist) Mourning Dove - ACP, SPS, NWR Common Ground Dove - ACP, NWR White-tipped Dove - ACP, SPS, NWR Yellow-headed Cuckoo - NWR Green Heron - NWR Eastern Screech-Owl ACP Mottled Owl - 1, ACP (S.A) Common Nighthawk - NWR Parraque - ACP, NWR Buff-rumped Hummingbird SPS Ruby-throated Hummingbird - 20, NWR Green-fronted Woodpecker - all seen Oliver's-sided Flycatcher - 1, NWR E. Wood Pewee - 2, SPS Red-eyed Flycatcher - SPS Least Flycatcher - SPS S. Brewer - NWR Brewster's Flycatcher - ACP Red-throated Flycatcher - ACP, SPS, NWR Great Kiskadee - ACP, SPS Cactus Kingbird - ACP, SPS, NWR E. Kingbird - NWR Scissor-tailed Flycatcher - NWR Swallow 44 - 1, ACP Green Jay - ACP, SPS, NWR Barn-swifted Titmouse - ACP, SPS Cactus Wren - ACP Carolina Wren - ACP, SPS House Wren - ACP Veery - NWR Swainson's Thrush - SPS, NWR Gray Catbird - SPS, NWR N. Mockingbird - ACP, SPS, NWR Jays-tailed Thrasher - all 3: Curve-billed Thrasher - NWR Cedar Waxwing - 0, ACP Loggerhead Shrike - 1, NWR White-egged Vireo - ACP, SPS Yellow-throated Vireo - SPS Warbling Vireo - SPS, NWR Philadelphia Vireo - SPS Green-winged Warbler Tennessee Warbler Orange-crowned Warbler Nashville Warbler N. Parula Yellow Warbler Chestnut-sided Warbler Magnolia Warbler [Black-throated Green - seen by 3rd party] at SPS Blackburnian Warbler Bay-breasted Warbler Cerulean Warbler
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Journal June Rio Grande Valley, Hidalgo & Cameron Co., Texas April 26 Black-and-white Warbler Olive Sparrow (East) Ovenbird Jack Sparrow - 3, NWR N. Waterthrush Red-winged Blackbird - 4 F.D. NWR Louisiana Waterthrush E. Meadowlark SFS, NWE Common Yellowthroat Ghost-tailed Hummingbird-all: 3: [Hooded Warbler-reported by 3rd party] Bronzed Cowbird-all: 3: Canada Warbler Hooded Oriole - SFS Summer Tanager-10?, SFS Bella Mia Oriole - 1, ACP N. Cardinal N. (Baltimore) Oriole - 1, NWR Indigo Bunting Lesser Goldfinch - 10, SFS Painted Bunting House Sparrow - 8, NWR Manuials: Didelphis-track NWR Mexican Ground squirrel-1 ACP Procyon-track ACP, NWR Spotted ground squirrel-1 NWR Canis sp-track all three Fox squirrel - 10, ACP. Felis - fresh, fairly large tracks of a den adjacent to ACP. Tracks 1 5/8"x1 3/4" Epidelagus sp - ACP, SFS, NWR: 2-1-4 Armstrong Ranch 2 miles E. Armstrong, Kenedy Co., Texas Over 20 feet. April 27- I called Mr. Armstrong at 08:30 and he invited me to his May 2 ranch which I reached by driving north from Raymondville on U.S. 77, Through Notices to Armstrong (which is little more than a sign on the highway) where a narrow road goes east to ranch headquarters. Mr. John Armstrong, owner of the ranch, interviewed me for about half an hour before consenting to my working on the property. He then said I could work "the pasture to the west" or the area W of Highway 77. My idea of a pasture did not comport with his. The pasture he spoke of was a mix of trees and grass that was 30,000 acres in extent! The ranch
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Lucas, John 1992 Journal Armstrong Ranch, 2 miles E of Armstrong, Kendall Co., Texas. Elevation 20 ft. April 27 itself is said to be 480-500 acres in extent. Mr. Armstrong took me May 2 to a nearby oak smote to see if this habitat was what I was looking (cost) for. I didn't know where to expect to find goldfinches but what information I had suggested that oak smotes were where to look. He left shortly thereafter to attend to ranching duties elsewhere on his property, but giving me permission to explore, to see if goldfinches were sufficiently numerous for my needs, and to meet him at 20:00 to get his views of my plans. I explored the area W. of Highway 77 first. The area is a gentle undulating country of sandy soils, with low hills and ridges bordering broad plains away from the Prairie Red shallow pole (according to Mr. Armstrong, it varied 1/4" 4/25), now as large as 500 x 750 feet, then with little emergent vegetation. There were also scattered, dug-out holes for watering cattle, these invariably were mosquito brogues. The soils are buried over with a 2-3 ft tall herbaceous growth, mostly grasses, but lots of green wildflowers, too. There is almost no naked soil, except at gourd and squirrel burrow concentrations. Mosquito brogues were scattered on these green plains, usually in or near the bottoms of the broad plains. I saw no live oaks W. of Highway 77. East of Hwy 77, the terrain, while still pretty flat, was slightly more undulating. There were numerous live oak smotes (woodlands) which occupied higher ground. These were usually even-aged stands of trees, varying in size from about 1500 square feet to about a hectare. Most smotes were composed of medium size Virginia Live oaks 10-16" dbh and 25-35' tall. Less common were groups of smaller oaks 6-8" dbh and 15-20' tall; least common were widely spaced very large oaks (>24" dbh) 30-45' tall, still forming a closed canopy woodland. The underlying
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Journal Armatary Roada, 2 miles E. of Armatary, Kenady Co., Texas. Elevation 20 ft. April 27 is dominated by herbs, about evenly splay between herb-leaved and grasses. May 2 There is some prickly pear & something akin to Cone Chelle, but with (croft) a more typically "tarked" trunk and more gracile aspect. La too more convey, oaks with greater size, frequently supported epiphytes, particu- larly species moss. One of the understory plants I shaves have mentioned is the beautiful red-flowered Turk's cap. It is very common ?bushac? here. The little mosquito I saw on the side was in Acacia thrips. There were goldfinches here, in singers and in pairs, with much singing, and chasing, sex for sex, was also noted. But birds were widely spaced and so far shun partial to the oaks to the exclusion of other vegetation here. I will give collecting live a try. swim? While exploring the morning of April 27 on the west side of Hwy 77, a huge swarm of bees passed over me while I was in a mosquito braguer, flying due N. I couldn't help wondering if these were more Africanized bees.. Also on the W. side I saw a large, unfamiliar black and grey antelope. The Renatary informs me that I had seen a P Nilgai, an antelope from SE Asia introduced by his grandfather in the 1920s?. Black buck has also been introduced as after farming? for a few years, soon to have died out. I set up 2 nets in the evening of April 27 next to the only standing casual waters I found, surrounded on three sides by a sparse mosquito bosque. I did not open the nets today, but they would be ready for early working in the morning. I set up my camp with NE side of a mothe ? small lake about 3/4 mile NW of the road headquarters, near those cats. The weather April 27 was cloudless all day, temperatures 65-80 F. Winds blew 10-20 mph S & SE from 10:30 until just to sunset.
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Journal Armstrong River, 2 miles E of Armstrong, Kenedy Co. Texas. Elevation 20 feet. April 27 On April 28, I took a wide ranging walk from my camp about May 2 3/4 mile NW of Naval Headquarters. I walked well to the W, well to (Creek) the E, and a bit to the N, once time swinging back around to check the nets deployed near the steadily shrinking surface water near the Magnolies N. of my tent. I walked from 07:15 to 11:00. I saw for board 35-40 Lesser Goldfinches. They are widely dispersed & not very approachable, not at all like the birds of cottonwood-willow riparian groves in the Southwest. At midday I set out two other 2 nets on the margins of oak mottes, but winds today made the nets too visible, though I did catch a pair of Lesser juncs before dusk. Weather April 28, continuing the trend of the nights before, was windy. Breezy at sunrise, the wind blew out of the S to 07:45 5-15 mph until sunset. Temperature today was 68°-85°F. There were a few scattered clouds 13:00 to 16:00. On April 29, despite moving nets to seemingly favorable sites repeatedly through the day, I was shut out with regard to goldfinches. Even trying the "record voice," the short 'em" technique was unsuccess- ful, since invariably, the birds just circled well like flight before I could get a shot. The juncs birds have been wildly disappointing here, so far. In 2 days of field work, I have a total of 2 goldfinches. Boo! Weather April 29 was warmer & more humid than yesterday; Temp 75-80°F. There were a few light clouds about 16:00, otherwise clear. Winds were high even before sunrise when they were S-SW 10-20 mph and continued until 12:30. Then winds became variable, commonly out of the W, 5-15 mph; by 16:30 they were intermittent NW 0-5 mph. Still birds were not prolonged. I served also last night, very close to the tent I heard a
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TRACET, J.A. 1992 Journal Buntemery Ranch, 2 miles E of Armstrong Kennedy Cr., Texas. Elevation 2500 feet. April 27th the loud cry of what I thought was some species of cat. The sound they 2 were unfamiliar, and I do have some familiarity with vocalizations (coos) Bobcats & mountain lions. Of course, by the time I could poke my head out the tent, there was nothing within range of my eastern beam. On April 30, the day's successes were mostly extra ones. A wood mouse nets again in late morning, after having shot a pair of silent gopherhills feeding at thistles. But one afternoon was the first substantial bird-mist net success at this field site: I caught six in the space of 98 minutes. The other excitement of a mist net today was driving away a cow trying to eat my net(!), this at too casual water/ spars mequite bosque site. This pond dried up completely in early afternoon. Morning April 30 began very humid, fog & sunrise, and break-up ing off until 08:30 High clouds disappeared 09:45. No wind until 10:30, then only light & variable, NE, E, etc. NW, 0-5 mpa. Clouds reappeared 14:00 from E, covering about 50% of sky, but no real torrent of rain. Wind picked up about 15:45, 5-15 mph at E. Temperature range 70° -90°F. Crude maps of area worked HUNTING CAMP & LARGE ROOFED STRUCTURE MY TENT SITE MERQUITE/HUACHE BOSQUE JAIL MOTTLE N 300 METERS 4.5 KM AIRSTRIP
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Journal Armstrong Ranch, 2 miles E. Armstrong, Kendall Co., Texas. Elevation 20 ft. April 27 - On May 1, the day was over, as far as getting goldfinches, before May 2 the sun came up. I caught my only lesser goldfinch today at 06:45 [illegible] Equally frustrating is trying to record the five birds I've taken. They do (rewry) not vocalize easily when overflown by a wild bird. The all birds briefly call excitedly, then fall silent. Getting individual recordings is too impossible. I am therefore keeping five birds alive, in hopes of recording them tomorrow. I will work again tomorrow morning before heading to Houston May 3 to attend the wedding of a good friend from my medical days there. I expect to be back May 5. Weather: May 1 had a temperature range of 70°-90°F. The wind, while was largely absent yesterday, returned with a vengeance. It started southe out of the W. at 5-10 mph about 07:20, then switches around to E. at 48:00 5-20 mph, higher values in the afternoon. It was humid again in the morning, not quite as humid as yesterday. There were a few clouds at any intervals in the morning and again at dusk. On May 2, I sent out juncos birds at 4 miles to sunrise. I caught only 2 Parus & 1 Melanerpes in three hours. High winds led me to close them up. The captive birds would not vocalize, so they remain alive & captive. To this point, I've only 11 birds, including the five live. The weather the morning of May 2 was clear, Temp 70°-80°F, E winds 5-10 mph until 16:00, when speeds increased 10-20 mph. Species List Armstrong Ranch April 27 - May 2: Anphidons: Bulfrog S. Texas Bat Reptiles: Texas Spiny Lizard Cnemidophorus sexlineata Long-billed Lizard Cnemidophorus guttatus Keelback Lizard Cord Whip
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Journal Anastasy River, 2 miles E. of Anastasia Kenedy Co., Texas. Elevation 20 feet. Apr 27- Jersey Snake Texas Tortoise May 2 Birds: Great Blue Heron Franklin's Gull (26th) Snowy Egret Mourning Dove Little Blue Heron Mica Dove Cattle Egret Common Ground Dove White-faced Ibis Yellow-billed Cuckoo Roseate Spoonbill Short-tailed Roadrunner Beak-Geelid Whistling-Duck Barn Owl Blue-winged Teal E. Screech-Owl Black Vulture Ghost Hawk Owl Turkey Vulture Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl Black-shouldered Kite Brewning Owl Cooper's Hawk Lesser Nighthawk Harris' Hawk Common Nighthawk Swainson's Hawk Paragua Red-tailed Hawk Chuck-will's-Widow Crested Caracara Chimney Swift American Kestrel Buff-colored Hummingbird Wild Turkey Ruby-throated Hummer N. Bobwhite Golden-fronted Woodpecker Semipalmated Plover Ladder-backed Woodpecker Killdeer E. Wood-Bunee Black-necked Stilt Cortez sp. Greater Yellowlegs Acadian Flycatcher Willet Least Flycatcher Umbriel Veridian Flycatcher Laughing Gull Red-throated Flycatcher
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TROCHET, J.A. 1992 Journal Aurora Beach 2 miles E of Armstrong, Kennedy Co., Texas. Elevation 20 feet April 27- Brown-crested Flycatcher Bay-breasted Warbler May 2 Great Kiskadee Black-and-White Warbler (CoNt) Cowbird Kingbird Amazon Redstart Lessin-tailed Flycatcher N. Waterthrush Hooded Jay Summer Tanager Barn Swallow Scarlet Tanager Blue Jay N. Cardinal Bare-crested Titmouse Pyrmbuloxia Carolina Wren Rose-breasted Grosbeak Brewster's Wren Indigo Bunting Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Painted Bunting Eastern Towhee Olive Sparrow Hermit Thrush Cassin's Sparrow Catharus sp Field Sparrow Gray Catbird Dark-eyed Junco N. Mockingbird Red-winged Blackbird Long-billed Thrasher E. Meadowlark Curve-billed Thrasher West-tailed Grackle Loggerhead Shrike Blue-gray Gnatcatcher White-eyed Vireo Brown-headed Cowbird Warbling Vireo Hutton's Vireo Golden-winged Warbler Hooded Oriole Tennessee Warbler Audubon's Oriole Yellow Warbler N. (Baltimore) Oriole Magnolia Warbler House Finch Bare-throated Green Warbler Lesser Goldfinch Blackburnian Warbler House Sparrow
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TROCHET, J.A. 1972 Journal Anastery Ranch, 2 miles E of Anastasy, Kings Co., Texas. Elevation 20 feet. April 27 — mammals: small mid bat ground squirrel sp - burrows May 2 racoon-track Spilocuscus frenidus (con't) skunk-track Odorivus virginicus cat-track 2"x2" in soft silt Bo small Canis track Nigai crypte crested porcupy mouse sp. Equus May 6-11 I returned to Anastery Ranch from Houston, where I saw lots of old friends, at 17:50 and set up camp under the tarpaulin-covered struc- ture at the deer hunter comp 3/4 mile WNW of my previous campsite. This area is surrounded by large (>24" dbh) live oaks, many with large old grape vines branching in their canopies. Jack's cop is especially abundant here. I reset my nets at card-used sites; 2 were spread briefly to success. I shot two goldfinches late in the day, and put one of them up by flashlight. The other got stuck high in the oak it was in. Went out late afternoon May 6 was windy, E NNE winds ~10 mph, partially cloudy, less humid & about 85° F. May 7 was another disappointing day with the mist nets. Despite ideal conditions (slack nets, no wind, Jack's birds placed mid-net right 1½ ft from net) until noon, I caught nor goldfinches. Once again, I saw a goldfinch pace on a mid-level shelf string but not fall into the net. I moved nets once again at 13:00, but nothing short of acute lead toxicity has seemed effective. I shot 2 more goldfinches for recording very late in the day. At 09:20, P checking empty nets, I checked an area E of road headquarters where a pair of Audubon's Orioles was said to be regular.
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Dear John 1992 Journal Armstrong Ranch 2 miles E of Armstrong, Karnes Co., Texas. Elevation 20 feet. May 6-11 failed to find any birds, but I caught a beautiful Texas indigo snake (crut) over six feet in length. I had read that this was a mild tempered species, so I was surprised, in addition to bleeding, when bitten by this animal. While my net caught no goldfinches but many migrant song birds, migrants are more numerous than anytime since the first day I was here. With such poor luck to the NW of ranch headquarters, I explored along a dirt track to the E. fence line of this pasture. It is 3.3 miles from camp. At the fence line, there is a nice witte of large live oaks extending 0.5 miles to the north, bordering both sides of the fence. Further very nice witte was 2.7 miles E. of camp. There are goldfinches here, too, but redistributed in pairs; in short, there is little reason to expect any more success here than when I have been trying my luck. It was a good day for observing non-avian vertebrates. I already mentioned one of the snakes. I also found an unidentified hair-tailed skunking in the broad based understory of a witte of small oaks near one of my nets. I couldn't tell what it was, so I approached slowly; when I got about 8' away, I could still see only about a six inch square of what turned out to be the shoulder of a pecary, which spring to alert and bolted away through the brush. Then interesting, if case of an adrenaline rush, was watching a bobcat stalk a deer. To my surprise, the bobcat did not make its terminal approach into the wind, and that may have been the reason for its failure. Weather may 7 was just about ideal for me. It got cold enough last night (down 55°F at dawn) that to sleeping bag felt good! There was
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June, 1992 Journal Armstrong Ranch 2 mile E of Remington, Kern Co., Texas. Elevation 20 feet. May 6-11 no stickiness in today's relative humidity. There were no winds this (cool) morning. Surface winds after 12:30 blew mostly E or NE 5 mph or ss. Upper level winds blew widely scattered clouds from N -> S. High temp. today was about 82. On May 8, weather was less pleasant but not quite as nice as yesterday. It was again cool in the morning but winds came up much earlier, just after sunrise. They were light SE winds until 09:10, then increased steadily to 5-15 mph by noon and continuing through the evening hours. There were only widely scattered afternoon clouds, no threat of precipitation. With the favorable wind, I was not surprised to see so many migrants lingering here. This was perhaps the most frustrating day I have ever had in my pursuit of lesser goldfinches. I moved my nets to the east, to the favorite area I found yesterday. I adjusted their placement as the sun crossed the sky, finding always sites fairly sheltered from the wind. Wild birds landed on the cages of my feeder birds, but none today found my nets. I recorded six birds - came sticking around for the feed that follow-up. I think I will have to shoot birds for which then will be no vocal record. (SA.) I found a Gray-crowned Yellowthroat near the eastern fence line of the small "pasture." I asked Mr. Armstrong if he would be willing to permit bird-watchers to come try to refuel it. He declined to have people, he didn't turn in large numbers on his property, and broadcast notice of the birds' presence would surely attract many hikers. After dark, I drove 5 to Raymondville to restock my ice box with block ice. I saw a DOR corn snake (20") 2 miles S. of Noises on the return drive.
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TROCHET, J.A. 1992 Journal Armstrong Ranch, 2 miles E. of Armstrong Kennedy Co. Texas. Elevation 20 feet May 6-11 About 22:00, Mr. Armstrong drove up to my camp. I walked (cost) up to his truck, he rolled down his window and announced, "I am extracting payment from you for permission to work on my ranch. Be at the house at 8:00 a.m. Tomorrow." Then he drove slowly away, rolling up his window as he left! Then there was the illegal alien. When I returned to my camp at the end of day, I found a young man sitting in my camp chair closing his socks. Saying he was from Guanajuato, he said he was left by his "cripto" somewhere south of Laredo, before passing the immigration checkpoint further north. I gave him a couple apples, a canned water or beer cola, the approximate location of the checkpoint, how to identify Polaris, and good wishes that he make it to Chicago, where he said his father resides. Abstractly, I really think our country needs better control of its borders. But when faced with the individual person want- ing to make this nation his own, I couldn't help but want to help say that him. Parenthetically, I should, the young man (16 years old) told me of widespread habitat loss in his native state and the increa-singly unlivable conditions of cities and towns due to pollution. I think the third world may soon be a source of a flood of ecological refugees. At 08:00 May 7, I dutifully appeared at the door of Mr. Robin Armstrong's house. In a full length dog cart for repair of a ruptured patellar tendon, he jumped into his big truck and I was informed that I would spend much of the day opening gates & shearing cattle from one fenced area to another. We were also going to stock some pines with grass. I have no doubt that my presence made his task easier, but
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June 6, J. 1992 Journal Armstrong Ranch, 2 miles E. of Armstrong, Kendall Co., Texas. Elevation 20 feet. May 6-11 I believe the real purpose was to show off his beautiful ranch. In (cant) the course of our travels we make several stops to conduct his busi- ess, several others for me to listen for birds, and several more to observe wildlife. He regaled me with stories of his family, going back to his maternal great-grandfather's birth in Mazagatosas in 1790. I won't put it all down here, but there's enough material for a very good novel. This personal & regional history was conveyed to me, along with a lesson or ten in cattle ranching, by a personal friend (as he said) of both Lyman Johnson and John Tower. In our drive today we visited all the ranch south and east of the Residencies, out to the Laguna Madre. The elevation range is 0-25 feet. (There are a few higher stabilized dunes W. of Hwy 77.) The western, generally higher portion of the covered area is fairly evenly divided into two oak mottes, mesquite thickets, and short grass prairie, i.e., many species of grasses and forbs. Exotic trees are found at current and former residence sites on the ranch. Sabal Texasana is native to the Rio Grande Valley proper, but was introduced at the current Armstrong Residence & at Sarita Kendall, Easte Santa Rosa Ranch House (abandoned) and is spreading into native habitats therefrom. As one proceeds E. toward the Gulf of Mexico, live oak mottes become less frequent, smaller in extent and populated by smaller trees. Mesquite & Huizache seem about as common as before, but the trees are more spread out & generally smaller. Near the Laguna Madre, the trees are altogether absent, yielding a prairie dominated by Spartina cord grass and dotted with scattered yuccas about 6-8' in height. There are numerous shallow lacinas which might have water except for seven consecutive years of drought before the last 6 months.
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Trochet, J.A. 1992 Journal 27 Amating Ranch, 2 mile E. of Amaring, Kenedy Co. Texas. Elevation 20 feet. May 6-11 The bottoms of several of these basins supported a pretty, low-growing (Croft) purple plant of some sort. Also near the crest, active dunes became common, and are especially common to the north of the crested portion of the property. I asked Mr. Amating about wildlife on the ranch. He said that excepting deer & the introduced ST. Asian antelope, the Nigai, there is no effort made to manipulate numbers. He keeps a close eye on the range and manages cattle numbers to keep the range in good condition. And indeed it is. The cattle did us little satisfaction themselves, so that all were working their chule by early to mid-morning. Of the native birds, Mr. Amating was with well informed regarding these species of ranges in this US restricted to S. Texas. He took pleasure in telling me that his ranch had "hundreds" of "ferrugineous owls," as he called them, and he recognized only 1-2 species - small regular, unknown Kiskadee, Belted Kingfishers, Audubon's Orioles, Green Jays, Green Jays, Caracaras, and even Olive Sparrows. He did not recognize either by song (which I printed out to him) or by picture Tropical Parakeet. With regard to mammals, I didn't question him in great lengths, but he volunteered that many native species were "common": coyotes, armadillos, badgers, racoons, skunks, coyotes, gray foxes, coyotes, bobcats, cottontails & jackrabbits, plus assorted "rodents." I asked about other cats. He reported that he sees cougars a few times each year, has seen jaguarundi twice in 40 years, and has never seen a mountain lion on the ranch, nor a jaguar. It seemed like a good day to do something other than pursue Lesser Goldfinches. May 7 dawned solidly cloudy & winchy, early winds SE ~5 mph. These increased to 10-20 mph by mid-morning & intermittent light-mid rain.
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Jerry, Jr. 1992 Journal 29 Roosting Roan 2 mile E of Roosting Kenndy Co. Texas. Elevation 23 feet. May 6-11 Winds in the afternoon were somewhat stronger. It remained solidly cloudy (cont.) until after sundown, when amazingly quickly all clouds came cascaded to produce a clear, starry sky with a near half moon. Temperatures today were 68-70F. After completing the tour, I opened my nets, then called my wife. I learned that my sister Jeri had been killed Tuesday night in a single car MVA, despite wearing a seat belt. She leaves two kids, age 17 & 14. I closed up the empty nets and called it a day. Jeri was 34. The funeral was this morning. On May 10, I opened nets at sunrise and started my recording equipment. I shotgun from one to the next to the next to the next all morning, in any taking of a goldfinch. During a relative lull in the wind about noon I found in fairly close succession 3 goldfinches that stuck around long enough for my shotgun to come into play. And late in the day I netted a pair, for a total of five birds. I check there only one for a 20-gid sample from South Texas. There was in camp, while preparing the late-caught birds by lantern light, a 36-38" coral snake about 15' from my head. Yesterday after- noon, I had never seen a coral snake in this country. Since then I've seen one dead and, now, one alive. But I think the prettiest snake I saw today was a beautiful Scarlet Kingsnake, which posed for an unusually nice view before entering a shrubby margin to a scrubby growth of oaks. After finishing the dead specimen prep, I drove the back roads of the N. "lecture" from 22:00 to 23:15; road travel was uneventful. Weather May 10 was windy almost all day and cloudy all day. Upper level winds carried clouds from E -> W, but surface winds were
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TECHET J.A. 1992 Journal Austin Ranch, 2 miles E. of Armstrong Lmbs. Co., Texas. Elevation 25 ft. May 6-11 were variable 3-5 mph early, then 5-15 mph (10:30) to 14:30, then 10-25 (Coat) mph until 16:45, after which they steadily abated. Temperatures today 68°-84°F On May 11, I finally finished my work on the Armstrong Ranch. I put up the one goldfish taken today along with four kids used as fake kids since I settled them here April 30. Additionally, I put up a Tropical Parula I shot by mistake and a Buff-bellied Hummingbird given me by Mr. John Armstrong, who found it dead on his ranch. Rude map of enlarged area of activities: N 2 mi 1/4 mile Big Oaks Low Mesquite Thicket Ranch HQ AUSTIN Big Oaks Duck Pond Live Oak Pine Flat Medium Oaks Little Oak Creek Big Oak Oak FENCE LINE OF PASTURE 0.7 mile 0.6 mi Big Oaks 1st camp (2 Houston) 2nd camp (5 Houston) Weather May 11 was windy (all night and) this morning, SE 5-15 mph, and clear slightly overcast. As with the Crest Crape Sage it was very humid. Temp 68°-75°F. Species List Armstrong Ranch May 6-11: Anurans: S. Leopard Frog Reptiles: Texas Tortoise Crotalus scutulatus Texas Rattlesnake Owlet Dove Turtle Gopher Snake Texas Mud Snake Rough Green Snake Lizards Texas Earless Lizard Scallop's Whipsnake Texas Fence Lizard Texas Rat Snake Texas Horned Lizard Crotalus scutulatus (S.A.) Rock-Bellied Lizard Cnemidophorus sexlineata
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Tucker, John 1992 Journal Armstrong Ranch, 2 miles E of Armstrong, Kendy Co, Texas. Elevation 20 feet May 6-11 Birds: Great Blue Heron Lesser Night-Hawk (Go't) Great Egret Common Night-Hawk Snary Egret Paragure Cattle Egret Chuck-will's-Widow Mottled Duck Buff-Balied Hummingbird Blue-winged Teal Golden-fronted Woodpecker Black Vulture Redden-backed Woodpecker Turkey Vulture E. wood-Pewee Corpar's Hawk Contigous sp. Swainson's Black Olden Flycatcher White-tailed Hawk Wileon Flycatcher Red-tailed Hawk Lesser Flycatcher Crested Caracara Gray Flycatcher Wild Turkey Empidomus sp. N. Brouhite Vermilion Flycatcher Black-necked Stilt Ash-throated Flycatcher Solitary Sandpiper Brown-crested Flycatcher Willet Great Kiskadee Laughing Gull Cock's Kingbird Mourning Dove W. Kingbird Common Ground Dove E. Kingbird Green-hided Cuckoo Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Durveton Roadrunner Horned Lark Barn Owl Barn-Swallaw E. Screech-Owl Green Jay Great Horned Owl Black-created Titmouse Ferrugineous Pygmy-Owl Cactus Wren
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Lucks, John 1992 Journal 32 Cemetery Ranch, 2 miles E. of Cemetery, Kersey Co., Texas. Elevation 2400 ft. May 6-11 Carolina Warbler (Co.) Bewick's Wren Blue-grey Gnatcatcher E. Towhee Swainson's Thrush Hermit Thrush Catharus sp. Gray Catbird N. Mockingbird Long-billed Thrasher Loggerhead Shrike White-ey'd Vireo Bell's Vireo Yellow-breasted Chat Red-eyed Vireo Tennessee Warbler Orange-crowned Warbler Hooded Warbler N. Parula Typical Parula (S.A.) Yellow Warbler Chestnut-sided Warbler Magnolia Warbler Black-throated Green Warbler Black-capped Chickadee Bay-breasted Warbler Black-and-white Warbler American Robin Ovenbird Common Yellowthroat Gray-crowned Yellowthroat (S.A.) Wilson's Warbler Canada Warbler Summer Tanager N. Cardinal Rose-breasted Grosbeak Blue Grosbeak Indigo Bunting Painted Bunting Olive Sparrow Field Sparrow Fork-tailed Starling Red-winged Blackbird E. Meadowlark Grasshopper Sparrow Bewick's Wren Brown-headed Cowbird Hooded Oriole Audubon's Oriole N. (Bellinger) Oriole House Finch Lesser Goldfinch
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Journal 33 Sunday, J.A. 1992 Armadillo Ranch 2 miles E. of Armstrong Kirby Co., Texas. Elevation 20 feet. May 5-11 Greenmole: Med. Fat sp. Disdermyxa (Redi by rouge) (Co.) cozumel Striped skunk Lupine peccary Armadillo skunk Lice scrofa Gopher - Get back six and Wart-tailed Barn Crypts Nigai Bobcats Mexican ground squirrel armadillos Austin Harris Co. Texas May 12-13 There were intended as travel days, but these turned into waiting days of sorts. The first was necessitated because personnel at Texas Parks & Wildlife haven't yet processed my permit request to work in State parks in West Texas and in the Texas Panhandle. I went to the Parks & Wildlife Department office and lobbied for prompt action. By the end of promised to be tomorrow morning the day the permits were in my hands. I spent the evening with Jonathan, Carol and Jordan Shearer, whom I met last year as friends of a Burbank friend. They graciously put me up & advanced warning of my arrival. On the morning of May 13 I picked up my permits, and headed toward Davis Adventures State Park, with permit copies for Kelly Bryan, chief park superintendent for this park of the State. On the western outskirts of Dec Rio, I realized my field notebook was not on the front passenger seat. I called too Shearers, because parks & wildlife was already closed. Fortunately, it was at the Shearer house, and Carol had put it up out of Jordan's nose. I returned to Austin and spent another, unexpected night in a city again. This night I picked up some fares from the family cat.
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Journal Kickapoo Caverns State Natural Area (= State Park Site), 22 1/2 miles N. of Brackettville, Kinney Co., Texas. Elevation 1700 feet. May 14-18 I stopped here en route to West Texas because I wanted to get a few birds to take the place I have collected here that I put into formalin. I suspect two fringilin-treated birds will not be useful for TPE. I arrived here at 18:10, having driven from Austin via Interstate 35, U.S. Hwy 90, and from Brackettville N. on FM 674 to the N. gate, whose lock combination I still remembered. I made two brief stops en route: in Websterville, Travis Co., to see a yellow-green Vireo in the county park there; and in Uvalde, Uvalde Co., where a Gilded Rose had been reported but was not longer there. Once at Kickapoo, I set up two nets and my tent near the so-called "Lodge" in the middle of the park property. Quite a few goldfinches were present in the area, but I caught none that evening. At dusk I went briefly to Green Cave to observe the emergence of bats, almost all Indiana. I then had a sandwich for supper and went up to visit with park superintendent Dave Stuart and his associate Oscar Carmone, the latter a talented young bird watcher formerly from Harlingen. For a description of habitats see my notes from May, 1990. The weather the evening of May 14 was clear, still and warm, about 80F. On May 15, I opened the 2 nets at sunrise and set up 2 other nets. I caught a fairly good variety & number of passerines, but no goldfinches. Owing to weather the nets were all closed 10:20 - 10:30, and remained closed for the rest of that day. I should add some observations about the state of the landscape this year in comparison to 1990. There was much better grass cover seen today, and small star thistle was much less evident. There is still dry grass in many places, and green growth of shorter grass clearly
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Texas J.A. 1992 Journal Kickapoo Caverns State Natural Area (= State Park Site), 22 1/2 miles N. of Brackettville, Kinney Co., Texas. Elevation 1700 feet. May 14-18 everywhere. Particularly prominent is flowering purple sage and a (cont.) tall evening primrose. I noted also that there are excellent sets of fruit by both the junipero and the agaita. Green cones are present on most of the pinyons, Pinus remota. The recent rains have filled all the tinajas and many tree cavities. Dave Stewart tells me that, before last week, goldfinches congregated around the water holes at the lodge & the residence, but that is no longer the case. Weather May 15 was cloudy all day, and muggy. Low temperature was about 65°F; High 75°F. Winds were variable 0-5 mph, with stronger gusts near Thunderstorms. At 18:20, light rain began to fall, and fell almost continuously for the rest of the day. The rainfall total (and the next morning) was 0.57 inches. On May 16, I spent the day opening & closing nets due to intermittent showers. Late in the day (19:00), I moved the nets a bit to the E. of the lodge area, along the creek drainage and into an oak stand & thorn scrub understory. I caught 4 goldfinches between showers. The weather May 16 was again humid and solidly cloudy. Morning breezes were mostly SW 2-5 mph, switching to NNE 5 mph in the mid- to late afternoon. Showers fell at intervals all day, totaling 0.47". The temperatures ranged from 65°-75°F. On May 17, I spent the day once again opening and closing nets due to intermittent showers; only today the nets were a bit more remote from base camp, so I got a lot wetter. The nets remained closed due to rain from 13:10 to 16:25, a longer continuous stretch than at any time yesterday. Again I caught four goldfinches, but all after 19:00. They would not vocalize so were kept overnight for recording & specimen prep.
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Tricket, J.A. 1992 Journal Kickapoo Caveme State Natural Area (= State Park site), 22 1/2 miles N. of Brackettville, Kinney Co., Texas. Elevation 1700 feet May 14-18 aration tomorrow. I think I haven't given credit to all who helped (cont) provide whereabouts of goldfinches here. In addition to Dave Stuart, Josea Carmona and Mark Lockwood were very helpful with their counsel. Weather May 17 was very like yesterday: overcast all day with frequent intermittent rain. Winds were variable, rarely even as high as 5 mph. Temperature 65-75°F. Rain Total Today 0.87 inches. On May 18, I opened the nets early and closed them capturing goldfinches when I completed recording two goldfinches netted yesterday. I spent the rest of the morning making study skins. A rough map: RD TO PARK PERSONNEL RESIDENCES 50 YDS NET SITES LODGE BARN RD. TO S. ENTRANCE CATTLE TROUGH WINDMILL-X WATER STORAGE TANKS Another map showing more complete maps: SCATTERED OAKS BOTH SIDES OF STREAM BE) NET ON E. BANK OF STREAM BENEATH CANOPY LODGE AREA ABOVE CAKES & THAGNERUS UNDERSTORY OLD ROAD (RARELY USED) After a leisurely lunch, a shower, and carefully repacking my Subaru, I decided to explore some shallow canyon away from the main drain- age paralleling the main park road. There had no concentrations of goldfinch vegetation was very like that about the lodge, except for Pine Canyon, which
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Trachet, JA. 1972 Journal Kirkador Caverna State Natural Area (= State Park site), 22 1/2 miles N of Brackettville, Kinney Co., Texas. Elevation 1700 feet. May 14-18 I wanted to see before leaving this place for the third time. Pine Canyon (cold) is reached via a dirt track going first S, then SE, from the main park road. The turn off is through a grassy field just on the ledge side of the box ridge one creates on driving from there to the park personnel resi- dences. The road fords the creek (now with water from recent rains) several times before coming in about 2 miles to a place too eroded to pass over. Shortly above this the canyon forks, too larger fork going off to the E (maybe ENE). On the E and NE facing slopes especially, the pines pinegrove Pinos Remota attain a stature of real pine trees. These form small, closed-canopy stands of 20-30 ft in height, & a few trees a bit taller, & these 1-2 ft dbh. Almost all have green cones now, some very heavily. Some swags were especially impressive as seven layer trees. I found no animals limited to this habitat during my brief visit (19:30 - 20:15). Elsewhere in the canyon, the vegetation called to mind that of the rest of the park, though the mix was locally enriched with junipers, too. I neglected to mention this on Saturday, May 18, during put up my cameras from mid-morning by 16:00, I found a tour of Kirkador Caverna. This is a Carlsbad in miniature, mostly inactive. Much of the cave was vacuolated before there were current sensibilities about such things; still, it was very enjoyable. Ice caverns were surprisingly warm. No bats were present. That evening, at 20:45 or so, I would go up to watch the emergence of Taberida freidensis & thousands from Green Cave, near the N. entrance to the park (Green Cave was the only part of the park I visited in Edwards County). The NH3 smell was carried on the NE wind each evening from Green Cave the 2 miles or so to the lodge,
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Docket KICKAPOO CAVES STATE NATURAL RESERVE (State Park Site), 221/2 miles N of Breckenridge, Kimble Co., Texas. Elevation: 1700 feet. May 14-8 where my tent was pitched. I left the park after tonight's Green Cave visit. (Cont.) Weather May 18 was similar to previous days; humid & cloudy in the morning, with intermittent light showers. Winds were light and variable. In early afternoon skies started to clear and there was continu- ouly sunny sky from 14:30 to 19:45, when it clouded over for sunset. Rain total (rain gauge read late afternoon) for the morning was .029 inches. Species list for Kickapoo Caves: Amphibians: Bufo punctatus [illegible] Gastrophryne olivacea Hylastrum augusti - H.O. Reptiles: Ophiomorus texanus Cnemidophorus sp Sceloporus undulatus (all lizards seen only in afternoon sun 5/18) Birds: Turkey Vulture [Archaeopteryx] Cooper's Hawk [Green Kingbird - 19 Mark Lockwood] Golden-fronted Woodpecker Red-Tailed Hawk [illegible] N. Bluebird W. Wood-Pewee White-winged Dove Least Flycatcher Mourning Dove Vermilion Flycatcher Common Ground Dove Ash-Throated Flycatcher Yellow-Billed Cuckoo W. Kingbird Eastern Phoebe E. Kingbird E. Screech-Owl [illegible] Great Horned Owl Turned Jack [Elf Owl - H.O. Oscar Amerson] Cave Swallow Common Nighthawk Barn Swallow Poorwill Scut Jay Chuck-will's-Widow Black-Crested Titmouse
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Texas, f.a. 1992 Journal Kickerpot Caverns State Natural Res (= State Park Site), 22 1/2 miles N. of Brackettville, Kinney Co., Texas.. Elevation 1700 feet. May 14-18 Rock Whist (Crest) Canyon Wren Barrick's Wren Blue-grey Gnatcatcher N. Mockingbird Cane-Billed Thrasher Cedar Waxwing Loggerhead Shrike White-eyed Vireo Bell's Vireo Black-capped Vireo Grey Vireo [Golden Warbler -1 netted by O.C.] Warria Wabler Yellow-breasted Chat Summer Tanager N. Cardinal Pyrrhuloxia Black-headed Grosbeak Blue Grosbeak Mammals: Didelphis tadarida Chiro lethons [Geophitis sp.?-mesoura?-v. long tail] small rodent sp(?) Eulemuris Varied Bunting Painted Bunting Dickcissel Canyon Towhee Cassin's Sparrow Repose-Crowned Sparrow Chipping Sparrow Field Sparrow Jack Sparrow [Lincoln's Sparrow - 1 netted O.C.] E. Meadowlark Great-tailed Shrike Bronzed Cowbird Brown-headed Cowbird Nelson Oriole Hooded Oriole Alectio Oriole House Finch Lesser Goldfinch Tapus [Scrobileus vigeinens] Axis deer Jue-skull Daaygue orverainctus
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Tracy John 1992 Journal Travel Day May 19 I had intended to drive all night last night and to arrive at Davis Mountains State Park at opening time this morning. But I quickly fell asleep, even before getting to Brackettville. I rolled up on U.S. Hwy 90 to Dal Rio but no further. I spent the night in a motel. I slept into this morning, at a good breakfast at a local diner, then re-supplied myself (cassette recording tape & beer etc.). Then I hit the road through Crockett, Duplan & Sanderson, stopping briefly in Langtry to see the Judge Roy Bean Museum. Continuing on U.S. Hwy 90, I arrived in Marfa at about 13:40. I took a turn S. off Hwy 90 and followed a road signed "Crusty Park." This road leads me back to Marfa Post Office. This is on the grounds of Fort Peña Colorado, an outpost of Ft. Davis from 1872 to 1893. This 10-acre park (stream & downstream riparian continuities onto private land) was described in a prior visit in 1989. Here, expecting to find Carulus pictus in fair numbers, I found only C. teiste and C. spinosus, despite wide-ranging deployment of my captures over a good 90 minutes. I then returned to Marfa and expanded deciduous groves around town. I saw and heard a total of 2 Jesoltria. I would be unable to complete a sample in this area. I then drove to Davis Mountains State Park, via U.S. Hwy 90 to Alpine then Texas Hwy 118 to the park. I arrived at 20:10 to find my contact person, Kelly Bryan, out of the park on business until the following morning. He and Jon Palmer are the persons I have appointments to see at 08:00 tomorrow. Grand Zivance Davis Mountains, Jeff Davis Co., Texas May 20-21 I met Kelly Bryan at 07:30. We went to the offices at the west end of Davis Mountains State Park together but Mr. Palmer had some work and
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Journal Mount Livermore Davis Mountains, Jeff Davis Co., Texas May 20-21 administrative emergency and would not see us. The other person who might (can't) authorize collecting on the State park & Big Bend Ranch State Park was David [illegible]. He is not here today and won't be until Friday. There was no one at the Texas Parks and Wildlife office here to give me two authorizations I need on this end. Kelsey Bryan had spent the two days of May 18 & 19 on private property on Mount Livermore, the highest peak in the Davis Mountains. He intended to return this afternoon with David John Lee, who had accompanied him earlier, and Tom Johnson, park superintendent at Bolmadera State Park. Kelsey invited me along and I accepted the invitation. The four of us loaded our things into the back of Kelsey's vehicle and finally departed about 10:30. En route to the mountain, we stopped to look around at various, mostly creek-side localities on the Medera Ranch, spending a total of close an hour at this 6100 ft +/- elevation. We then drove to Bridge Gap, elevation 7311 feet. We made camp and then fanned out to cover the upper areas of the mountain. John Lee & Tom Johnson walked to the summit and worked that area intensively. The intermittently troublesome rock that is Kelsey's trip in near camp. I walked the broken country of the north facing slopes of Mt. Livermore, first crossing over the summit, descending a steep west side canyon and working progressively eastward back to Bridge Gap, working ridge crest to canyon to ridge crest to canyon to ridge crest that Kelsey told me no one else has ever visited this area I walked an average elevation of about 7600 ft to accomplish this. The habitats visited were as follows. The summit of Mt. Livermore (8382 feet) is a bare rock outcrop rising about 150 feet above the rest of the mountain top. The south facing slope is covered dense shrubs forming a chaparral-like expanses. The slope is fairly steep, but the north facing slope is steeper, becoming almost vertical near the summit. To the north drain two canyons running almost parallel for the first
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Journal Mound Duverre, Davis Mountains, Jeff Davis Co. Texas May 20-21 1/2 - 2 miles. Elevations dropped from 8100 feet at the top of these canyons (crisis) to about 7000 feet. I descended the summit area in a thick canyon, actually. This canyon initially descended very steeply, in a quite heavily vegetated with current & wild rose, running to the north at first, but turning west after about 1/2 mile. There was an open aspen stand where the canyon direction changed. I crossed a steep ridge to the E. and into Toke Canyon, the more western of the two parallel canyons mentioned above. The flora of both canyon was similar. As we near the top of the canyons were stands of aspen, more extensive in the more eastern canyon; just below canyons the aspens, along the water course (both had live water), were Gambell's Oak, Gray Oak, silver-leaf Oak, and Cherry (in W. canyon anyway). Away from the wet zone was ponderosa pine & W. white pine; a few of these conifers were scattered in the watter part of the canyon, and Gambell's oaks were found in pockets away from the sepiarin strip. In the wet strip there was lots of Buckthorn (Rhamnus), some Rose (rare), currant (W. side only), many, many herbs, & some bunch grass. As the gradient flattened at about 7250 feet then were a few junipers and madrones. The surface water was more intermittent from the canyons. Toke Spring is at 7100' in Toke Canyon (the more western of the two parallel canyons). I don't know the name of the more eastern canyon. On May 21, I was joined by all others, reversing my traverse about 7600 feet into the E. canyon. John Doe and I continued into Toke Canyon, covered this to its tops, and then down to Toke Springs. Kelly & Tom returned to Bridge Bay, Grove Camp and drove to Toke Springs to pick us up. The weather May 20 was warm and breezy, & widely scattered after- noon clouds. Temperature 60°-80°F. Winds 5 mph out of W. At 19:30, clouds started to roll in on strong E. winds. At 21:30 a light thunderstorm
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TRICHEL, J.A. 1992 Journal Mount Twining Davis Mountains Jeff Davis Co. Texas May 20-21 came over from The Wreck, and finally did out about 02:00 May 21. May 21 (Cool) seemed clear, about 50°F. High Temp was about 75F. There were 5-8 mph SW winds and partly cloudy skies in the afternoon. Species List: (first number - # seen 5/20; second - # seen 5/21) Amphibian: Canyon Tree Frog Reptile: Black-tailed Rattlesnake Birds: Turkey Vulture Say's Phalarope Cooper's Hawk Dusky-capped Flycatcher Short-tailed Hawk (S.A.) Crested Flycatcher Red-tailed Hawk Cassin's Kingbird Prairie Falcon (S.A.) Violet-green Swallow Wild Turkey Steller's Jay Mountain Quail Scrub Jay White-winged Dove Cormorant Raven Mourning Dove Mountain Chickadee (S.A.) Beech-crosted Titmouse N. Pygmy-Owl-2 (H.A.) 5/21 Warp-jaw-Wild Bushtit White-throated Swift. White-breasted Nuthatch Magnificent Hummingbird Pygmy Nuthatch Broad-tailed Hummingbird Rock Wren Acorn Woodpecker Canyon Wren N. Flicker House Wren Greater Pewee Ruby-crowned Kinglet W. Wood-Pewee [W. Bumblebee-2 5/20 T.J., T.F.] Dusky Flycatcher Hermit Thrush-2 5/20 Grey Flycatcher Guadalupe Robin-1 5/20 Cordilleran Flycatcher Plumbeous Vireo
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TROVET JOHN 1992 Journal Mount Livermore, Davis Mountains Jeff Davis Co., Texas May 20-21 Hutton's Vireo Black-throated Greenbird (CRAB) Warbling Vireo Guan-tailed Jay Orange-crowned Warbler Rufous-sided Jay Virginia's Warbler Rufous-crowned Sparrow Auburn's Warbler Chipping Sparrow Black-throated Gray Warbler Black-chinned Sparrow Vermuda Warbler [Finch's Sparrow - J.E.] Theo Giddings's Warbler Brown-backed Cowbird Painted Redstart (S.A.) Pine Siskin Hepatic Tanager Lesser Goldfinch Wl Tangara meawala: skunk sp. Sybilogue sp. [illegible] sp. Big Bend Ranch State Natural Area, 20 miles E. of Presidio, Presidio Co., Texas May 22-27 I finally got permission to enter Big Bend Land from David Ang, resources manager at the Regional TP&W Office at Davis Mountains State Park. He gave me the combination to the locked gate. I stopped in Alpine en route to get my eye glasses repaired; fill the cooler with black ice; as I got a puffy stuffy. From Alpine I drove to Marfa and then to Presidio, where I went E on FM 170 about 8 miles to a signed turnoff for Cueva Cabra, and then I turned N up a gravel road, while in a few miles turned back to the E. In about six miles, I reached the locked gate of Big Bend Ranch. I am told that with this acquisition, the state of Texas owns more than 100,000 acres of public lands. Kelly advised me to look at four pieces with the likelihood of having gold finches. I will describe the fence portion I explored first, then give detailed accounts of Las Cuevas and Jinto Adventor,
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Sikes, John 1992 Journal Big Bend Ranch State Natural Res. 20 miles E. of Presidio Presidio Co., Texas May 22-27 when I collected birds. (cont) The main road runs almost perfectly E <> W from the entrance gate to Ranch Headquarters, a distance of about 20 miles, traversing in its course the low Boquillas Mountains. Kelly wanted me to look at water-influenced places near the main road. These are Corra Larga, Las Cuevas, Ojitos Abierto and Torque de los Ojitos, which are spread out over 16 miles along the road and are listed in sequence W <> E. The desert slopes & flats at this season are in full green foliage, concealing their arid nature and giving it an undercharacteristic (to me) "soft" look. Cretotricha perhaps the commonest plant, but ocotillo (growing in "forests" almost in some places), catclaw, white-thorn acacia, honey mesquite, white bur sage, cholla's, prickly pear (some w very large pads), several other low-growing (up to 14") cacti app. cactus-app. Echinocactus esp. near gypsum rock outcrops, and at least 2 types of yuccas are common local members of the Chihuahuan Desert flora. There is some desert wilder in the washes, and some greasewood and quite a few wildflower blooms are also notable. The higher slopes are relatively ungrazed, especially those facing S. & W. Corra Larga is a natural seep draining into a concrete cattle trough. Surrounding this are large mesquites and another large thorny tree whose id. I cannot provide. Scattered in the immediate vicinity are catclaw acacia & sage-pursley, and many other small shrubs of the Chihuahuan throughout community. Uplands on a table land 15 ft above the tank and two adjacent wash are some Larrea flats. A few ocotillo are present here. The N- facing slope is backed by a 25-30 ft vertical rock face, cacti species bearing small tingias draining the hollows below small pin-off points in the cliffs. Torque Torque de los Ojitos, at 16 miles from Corra Larga, was again dis- appointed. It is a natural seep in a shallow ravine, but there is almost ``` ```json {text: "Sikes, John\n1992\nJournal\nBig Bend Ranch State Natural Res. 20 miles E. of Presidio Presidio Co., Texas\nMay 22-27 when I collected birds.\n(cont)The main road runs almost perfectly E <> W from the entrance gate to\nRanch Headquarters, a distance of about 20 miles, traversing in its course\nthe low Boquillas Mountains. Kelly wanted me to look at water-influenced\nplaces near the main road. These are Corra Larga, Las Cuevas, Ojitos\nAbierto and Torque de los Ojitos, which are spread out over 16 miles along\nthe road and are listed in sequence W <> E. The desert slopes & flats\nat this season are in full green foliage, concealing their arid nature and giving it\nan undercharacteristic (to me) "soft" look. Cretotricha perhaps the commonest\nplant, but ocotillo (growing in "forests" almost in some places), catclaw,\nwhite-thorn acacia, honey mesquite, white bur sage, cholla's, prickly pear\n(some w very large pads), several other low-growing (up to 14") cacti app.\ncactus-app.\nEchinocactus esp. near gypsum rock outcrops, and at least 2 types of yuccas are\ncommon local members of the Chihuahuan Desert flora. There is some desert\nwilder in the washes, and some greasewood and quite a few wildflower blooms\nare also notable. The higher slopes are relatively ungrazed, especially\nthose facing S. & W.\nCorra Larga is a natural seep draining into a concrete cattle trough.\nSurrounding this are large mesquites and another large thorny tree whose id.\nI cannot provide. Scattered in the immediate vicinity are catclaw acacia &\nsage-pursley, and many other small shrubs of the Chihuahuan throughout\ncommunity. Uplands on a table land 15 ft above the tank and two adjacent\nwash are some Larrea flats. A few ocotillo are present here. The N-\nfacing slope is backed by a 25-30 ft vertical rock face, cacti species bearing\nsmall tingias draining the hollows below small pin-off points in the cliffs.\nTorque\nTorque de los Ojitos, at 16 miles from Corra Larga, was again dis-\nappointed. It is a natural seep in a shallow ravine, but there is almost"}
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TRACHT, J. 1992 Journal Big Bend Ranch State Natural Area 20 miles E of Presidio Presidio Co Texas May 22-27 no vegetation of any height certainly nothing to even partly caused a mist (court) nor. At the top is a small cottonwood (8" dbh, 30') and to the E there is a small blackberry (about 10'), but the rest is sparse stature throuscant and bare rock! I'm not at all sure why Kelly recommended it. Lae Cuema Big Bend Ranch State Park site Presidio County Texas Elev. 3600 ft. Lae Cuema is a riparian area along Bojaciles Creek in the lower (3 miles) desert canyon that is Bojaciles Canyon. The canyon is bounded by near-verti- cal basaltic outcrops. Three to N are 300-400 ft higher than the creek bend, three to S are 700-900 ft higher, and go no further W. Within these points is an outcrop of layered rock, looking like rock eductures as "welded tuff" in Big Bend National Park. There are numerous buried shallow caves in this formation, hence the name of the place. The creek has divided the tuff into N. & S. portions, and the tuff is the visible bedrock in the creek. The N. portion is approx: 80' deep, S. portion 45'. This is a significant archeological site, too. Lae Cuema is 6.0 miles from Cuesta Zarca. Lae Cuema has three fairly distinct riparian areas, separated by desert-types growth right to the banks of the creek. Farthest upstream is a 50 yd-length of creek drained by Salix sp., about 25 trees to 35-40' highest growing right along the creek, mostly on the south bank. The willows are cleared forkended by two 50' cottonwoods. Six feet from the creek 20' or the S. bank is a large willow - 20" dbh & 45' tall. The S. & W. sides of the tree to a height of 30' are covered w/ grape. This is just 40' downstream from a medium-sized Fremont Cottonwood (14" dbh, 40' tall). Below is a thin understory of soapwillow and certain feather-barkiny pears I don't know, plus some 2' grasses. The floodplain widens on the S. bank below this big willow, and is thickly grown with certain plants I don't know - it looks like soap- willow spikes 5'-9' tall. Some of this is overgrown by grape and other quit.
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Journal May 22-27 (a Del area) is overrun by Western Virgin's Berries. The margins of the (creek) located floodplain are covered mostly by small-medium (6'-18') black- berries, many of which are overgrown grapes. There are also some small- medium (8'-12') mosquitoes. The N. bank has mostly small mosquitoes, small willows, some cottonwood, alder, grasses and saplings. Both upstream and downstream of the creek we find a run of buttonbush & lots of that unknown feathery-looking plant. The south bank mosquitoes and blackberries are actually continuous in a fairly narrow row atop the bank bounding the floodplain with the middle riparian area some 100 yards downstream. In two places here are three 35-45' cottonwoods and some 10 willows in a line on the S. bank. At this point the mosquito and blackberry trees are substantially dryer, and with a few choices taller trees and one nice mulberry tree form a closed crusty woodland 25'-35' tall. Here the blackberries are by far the most numerous tree species. The woodland has a dense understory of an- familiar thousand species and ground cover of unknown leaf litter. There are numerous low trails through it, most of which show track & scat of colored passerine. The continuous extent of this dense thin forest is roughly: Bofecillas Creek -> [diagram] main road (20 ft wide) cleared strip 6000 sq. ft. of thin forest. The creek maintained a continuous surface flow between these two riparian areas, but the flow became sub-surface just below the thin forest. In this area, the N. bank had only small (4'-9') mosquitoes. The most degraded riparian section, appearing 30 yards downstream where the surface flow reappears, is dominated by a 40 yard narrow continuous
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TROCKET, J. 1972 Journal Joe Gravas Big Bend Ranch State Park Site Presidio Co., Texas Elevation 3600 ft. May 22-27 Courpay willow gallery forest on the S. bank. Most are spindly trees 20'-30' (Cnt) tall, but near the upper end are a few big willows, the largest being 30
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Trachet J. 1992 Journal Ugita Ridgway, Big Bend Ravel State Park Site, Presidio Co., Texas. Elevation 3850 ft. May 22-27 Creek; 50-100 yards on the N. The creek gradient below the falls is gentle, (cr'te) the general bed up more than 40' wide in the lower (or wider) part. On the (through from too foles) upstream portion, much of the creek flows in over and around large boulders. The boulder fall appears to have come from the south walls of the canyon, where there is a steep slope and some boulders arrested there. Vegetation on the leadwall is mostly vine-like shrubs of box elder & wirdehain spurs, the latter especially dense in grottoes on the N. side of the falls. There is a rose thicker on the S. side of the falls. Among the many small to mid size hardwood trees are a few Chye (to 45') wildino, some Chinese Tallow (25-30), small hackberry and autumn tree & Cr'd l.d. Against the N. wall just a bit downstream from the falls are a few fruiting mulberry trees. Some living willows are prostrate on the creek bed. There are crowned c grapes, as are some of the vines & shrubs along the N. wall. Movement through the boulder-strewn creek bottom for 100 yds below the falls is difficult. The boulder fall has led to some cut-over wood growing at odd angles (willows, too); many of these are medium size trees, but some are 24" dbh or more. On the lower part of the boulder fall area, wirdeis predominate and there are carpets of grapes going up both walls. The box elder doesn't seem to occur below the boulders. The canyon rims are about 100 yds apart here and the slopes are steep right to the canyon from (2x. steeper on N. side). On the S. side as I mentioned above is a small outwash of desert vegetation: prickly pear, sotilla & gucca are visible. Otherwise the desert is little in evidence. In this lower boulder area are two other trees not found above; one looks like walnut, the other bears a large 3-petal and pet & 7-9 leaflets per leaf - I don't know what it is. Butterbush grows commonly right along the watercourse from here down to the end of the wet strip near the bottom of the boulder area to the south
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Thurs, f. 1992 Journal Gita Alberts Big Bend Ranch State Park Site, Presidio Co Texas Elevation 3850 ft. May 22-27 went because eastern, and mesquites and other threes-cowboy trees pushed into the riparian gallery woodland. This experienced 150 yards is green, green, GREEN! Below here, the creek slope levels a bit and about 1/4 large Cottonwoods (t 20" Dbh, t 60' height) line the drainage, a few small mesquites are mixed. Blue bunch grasses first become numerous along the stream & strip road & continue so for the length of the wet. Here also the N. bank falls away from close proximity to the creek, and a slope of dense threes-cowboy grows on N. sides. A 30" Dbh, 55' Cottonwood stands on E. bank near the middle of a 50 yard discontinuity in the gallery, where any willows grow on N. side of the creek. Then begins 50 yds of ~closed canopy, cottonwood gallery woodland (mixed- age, (15-20" Dbh trees, all ~50' tall) Cottonwoods, at the lower end, making a large willows bridge a short opening to more such Cottonwoods. Hawthorn flecks found this strip. Juniper dominate the entrance to the woodland from the parking area at the end of the access road in the canyon cottonwood - 3'x4" Dbh, E 65'tall on N. bank. Below this the riparian corridor is dominated by willows punctuated by a few big Cottonwoods. The woodland becomes less continuous, until an isolated large cottonwood gives terminal punctuation to the green. Just below this, the water ceases to flow above ground, to resurface once again in the area of Los Cuevas. Gita Alberts is about 3.2 miles E. of Los Cuevas. I note also that green detritus in the riparian vegetation shows this very recently. The water level was 3-31/2 feet higher in the creek than presently. This must have been a sight to see! With refuges described, the remainder of these accounts will be a diary of daily movements and weather, with a terminal species list. The journal entry will need Big Bend Ranch but the specimens taken here will be labelled according to specific site.
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TRACHET, J.A. 1992 Journal Big Bend Ranch State Natural Area 20 miles E. Presidio, Presidio Co. Texas May 22-27 On May 22, I arrived here from Davis Mountains State Park at 15:20. I (crit) first scouted a place to camp, and selected an isolated shade tree near a road mill just inside the west gate. After pitching the tent I began exploring two areas near the main road having noted, the four areas mentioned above [illegible] suggested by Kelly Bryan. I did some road hunting 21:15-23:00. Weather May 22 was windy from the time of my arrival to well after dark, mostly S. winds 5-20 mph. Temperature 85° -> 65°F. Mostly cloudy to 18:15. A thunderstorm hit camp during night, time unknown. On May 23, I critically looked for net sites at Las Cuevas and Ojito Adentro. I had all four nets well placed by 11:45, and spent day all but the rainy mid afternoon running from Las Cuevas nets to Ojito Adentro nets and back. During the storms I closed the nets and moved my campsite to Las Cuevas, pitching only the larger tent (now both to work and to sleep in) in the thinnest trees. More geckos were evident today, but they seem not to stay in the riparian areas, but come in to drink, then leave. Because owing to wind conditions, I caught no lizards at all today. Again I did some road hunting from 21:15-23:00. Weather May 23 saw dawn with S. winds and thunder clouds to E., 3 or four scattered clouds to N. & W. There was a light dew. Clouds increased over-head to 10:30. There were light / moderate showers from 13:15-15:10, no lightning. It was mostly cloudy the remainder of the afternoon & evening. Winds today blew at one time or another from all points of the compass mostly in the range of 10-20 mph. Temperature ranged from 65°-85°-70°F. May 24 saw me open my nets while the bats were still flying, and I worked the nets, running from Las Cuevas to Ojito Adentro & back, all day, despite pretty desperate conditions after 15:30, owing to wind. I caught
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TROCLET, J.A. 52 1992 Journal Big Bend Ranch State Natural Area 20 miles E. of Presidio, Presidio Co., Texas May 22-27 my first goldfinches today, and many other birds as well. A large flock of again (Cross) Turkey Vultures settled at sunrise on the rocks of Las Cuevas. I walked hunting. It was exciting thing today, and for a long time, really, was the coming to my mist net in the town forest of an occult Falco peregrinus!!! Jessica!!! first species was about 05:00, second about 13:00. Both times I was receiving a screaming Bell's Vireo from my mist net (J.A.) Weather May 24 was much less windy than yesterday. There was a light dew at dawn. No wind until 09:30, then light & variable until about 14:00, when winds became SE 5-15 mph, then SW 10-20 with higher gusts after 15:30. There were a few scattered T-clouds all carrying to the E, and scattered clouts locally until 11:45 when it became mostly cloudy, lasting until 16:30, when clouds just about vanished. Toward sunset a few large thunderclouds built up overhead, but then drifted NW slowly. After sunset, they put on a spectacular show of lightning, while I waited for a shot while from Canoa Zarga. On May 25, I overslept the sunrise and was just emerging from my tent when a Texas Parks & Wildlife truck drove up. David Lug was driving and accompanying him were Davis Mountain State Park Renter Mr. & Mrs. Rickards. The one unfamiliar person was Billy Pax McKinney from Black Gap Wildlife Area on the E side of Big Bend National Park, and, according to lug, he was the best tracker in state employ in all of West Texas, at least. I had called Kelly Bryan yesterday evening about to scout visits and this was the response. McKinney, whose wife Bonnie I had encountered among goldfinches in the Big Bend area, spent almost 3 hours a sighting looking for signs, but the deep litter was so complete that he found one or possible track. He thought the habitat was splendid, and was surprised to find something like it here. Lug gave me a short tour of Las Cuevas
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Juneau, J. 1992 Journal Big Bend River State Natural Area 20 miles E of Presidio, Presidio Co., Texas May 22-27 from an archeological viewpoint. In between talking to these visitors, I (set up) set the Las Cuevas nets up and running by 06:50, but the Ojito Abierto nets didn't get opened until 07:45. Except for one by my ford in the thorn brush, I served all the nets at midnight. The nets remained open until 17:00, Day after anything was being caught. After closing the nets I went on a wild goose chase, suggested by Aug. He described a group of cottonwoods at Cotton Tank, a site ENE of the falls atop Ojito Abierto. The place is accessible only by a long walk from a trailhead about 4 miles beyond the turn off to Ojito Abierto; the croke itself is about that long, too. I found the Cotton Tank. It had no water, it had no cottonwoods (a few mesquites only), and it had no greffridges. It did have a Big Bend Patch- nosed Snake & a Copperhead's Fourmore. It also had a scenic view of high mountains in the distance in Mexico (Sierra del Kido?). Weather May 25: unlike cyclic breezes early, but mostly still until 15:00. A light low rapidly evaporated. After 16:00 steady w winds 5-20 kph increasing toward sunset. Only few clouds 12:30 to 21:30. Big T- Clouds to W & N, but for the first time since I arrived, none one seen today in the E. Temperature 65° - 70° - 70° F. On May 26, I ran nets at Las Cuevas & Ojito Abierto from 06:20 to 14:45, when threatening weather & winds prompted me to close them at Ojito Abierto first, then time at Las Cuevas. I saw up yesterday's mess and corralities in mid afternoon, and am feeling very well, I passed late afternoon & early evening. I briefly was huntal after sunset (21:15 to 22:15) but saw only unidentified small rodents. Weather May 26 dawned to a solid low sourced, clearing until 09:15, then slowly clearing until totally clear at 09:30. The low clouds disappeared and when they froth up at 14:00, revealed were thunderclouds
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Duck 1992 Journal Big Bend Ranch State Natural Area, 20 miles E. Presidio, Presidio Co., Texas May 22-27 High above. Three drifted slowly to ENE. A big cell came close at 17:00, [cut] but no rain fell. It was partly cloudy for rest of the day. No wind until 07:30, then W, 2-5mph until thunderclouds passed by at about 14:00, ensued with gusty winds 10-20 mph of variable direction. Evening wind out of E. 5-10 mph & cool. Temperature range 68-80-60°F. May 27 was a frustrating day as far as getting birds was con- cerned. The running hours were as favorable as any six hour block of time since I arrived. But I caught no goldfinches (and few birds of any sort) and could find none which I could record & shoot. At midday I took down my nets and packed up to rush home for Kelly's five- day parties. After a solar-heated shower, I left Big Bend Ranch at 15:08. Weather May 27: it was a bluebird morning - beautiful high clear skies with just a whisper of a dawn-canyon breeze early. After 10:00 SW winds 2-5mph began. The first few clouds were seen in the W at 10:45. Stronger winds to 18 mph began about noon, closely followed by the appearance of a fleet of cirrus from the SW. Cirrus obliterated the blue, and no rain fell a departure. Species List for Big Bend Ranch May 22-27: Amphibians: Red-spotted Toad Canyon Tree Frog Texas Plains Maroon-Mottled Toad Leopard Frog sp. Reptiles: Canyon Lizard Desert Side-Bordered Lizard Southwestern Earless Lizard Cockwhip Collared Lizard Central Texas Whipsnake Shrew-striped Whitetail Juniper-Pocket Rock Snake Rusty-nosed Whitetail Big Bend Peter's Horned Snake Checkered Whitetail Baker-Tailed Rattlesnake
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Trockel, J. 1992 Journal Big Bend Ranch State Natural Res. 2 miles E of Presidio, Presidio Co., Texas May 22-27 mammals: rod. bat sp. (Cont) med-large bat sp. Cryptus Scalot (S.A.) Skunk sp. - track Ratger Rock Squirrel Mexican Ground Squirrel White-tailed Antelope Squirrel Barguetina sp. - 1 picked up 3/25 but failed to get better ID. Dipodomys sp. many small mice seen, not id'd to genus. Lepus californicus Sylvilagus auduboni Tayassu tajacu (Oreodendron bonus)- (on track 3/22, 5/25) [Brain brain - recognized pictographs on the Cuaua] [Cuteeacupa- seen near Pajita 5/27] Travel Day May 27-28 I was no more than five miles N. of Presidio when I had a sudden blow out of my left front tire, pulling me to the shoulder of the highway immediately. I struck a reflector post, shattering the side view mirror and damaging the length of the right side of my car. The sleeve of the mirror showed the inside of the car since the right front window was open. I changed tires and resumed my trip but shortly had a gradual loss of power leading up the shallow incline of the Continental divide on Interstate Hwy 18 between Deming and Lordsburg, New Mexico. I made it to the Alamo Bluffs exit, then cruised back to Deming, going the 35 miles in 2 1/2 hours. I got my problem taken care of at a local garage (fuel filter again) the morning of May 28 and resumed my trip west. May 28 Excursions near Phoenix Maricopa Co., Arizona I called at the Tribal Offices on the Fort McDowell Indian Reservation (northwest of Phoenix), Maricopa Co., where consideration was
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Tunero, J. R. 1992 Journal Expeditions near Rosario, Mexico & Co. Arizona May 28 being called been given to a request to collect goldfinches on the Verde River where it runs through the reservation. But all cooperation T Angers was suspended because the tribe was having better problems with state and federal authorities over gambling operations on the reserva- tion. I stopped again along the Salt River SW of Phoenix, this time between 115th and 121st avenues. There is still a lot of water in the river, much of it standing now. Sore no way to set up nets. I saw and in search for lesser goldfinches in 45 minutes beginning at 16:30. I also saw an unidentifiable unflyable ? bird near 115th avenue. We sat & looked at each other for about ten minutes before she got up and slowly walked away. I continued west on I-10 to I-210 to I-5 to California Hwy 99 & came to Sacramento in time for my daughter's birthday party. Gray Ranch, 30 miles S. of Amaras, Hidalgo Co., New Mexico June 6-7 left home June 4 at 23:00 and travelled via California Hwy 99 to Interstate 5 to Interstate 210 to Interstate 10 to Pomona College. I stopped early in the morning of June 5 to see about the status of my request to work in Cobal Canyon, San Gabriel Mountains, a request being reviewed by Dr. William Wiltz. He was not in. Then I went to Chaffey College in Rowland Acres to visit Jim & Janie Harris, but this was unsuccessful as he too was not there. I then drove to Day Canyon to see how many goldfinches were now there. The trend of increasing number of finches over the last three visits continued with the visit - there were many more lesser gold- finches June 5. I then headed E on Interstate 10 and drove through the night to the Gray Ranch, when I had an appointment to meet Dr. Jeff Bell,
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June John 1992 Journal Grey Ranch, 30 miles S. of Cimarras, Hidalgo Co., New Mexico June 6-7 manager of this Nature Conservancy property, early the morning of June 6. (cont) As 07:15 I met Daroff Beth, having first looked for and found lesser goldfinches at well-watered ranches N. of Grey Ranch headquarters. I was after lunch to record goldfinches in a variety of habitats in a localized geographic area. The Beth was leading a work party that morning to do some trail maintenance work on the trail to Cistern Saddle in the High Curries Mountains. He took us up an ungraded dirt road on the west side of the mountains to the trailhead near Black Bill Canyon. En route, we passed a string of moderate sized oaks near cattle tanks, then being several goldfinches there. I walked Black Bill Canyon from 09:30 to 12:45. There's a spring about ½ way up running well. The canyon forks several hundred yards above the spring, and the fork draining from the N. has evergreen a decent run of water. A series of oaks mixed with a few junipers and a massivity of dense shrubs along the very bottom of the canyon characterized the lower/middle parts of Black Bill Canyon; the upper parts of the canyon is more heavily vegetated with mixed, closed-canopy woodland on the north fork and just quite closed canopy woodland on the south fork. Both forks had a few pines admixed with the oaks. After leaving Black Bill Canyon, I ascended the trail to Cistern Saddle, just S. of Injilillo Peak. The trail mostly goes through chaparral, but traverses greater slopes below and goes through the burned remains of pine forest higher up. Here I met the work crew & Beth resting on one on the saddle, with Beth giving a talk on the local geography & recent land use history. From Cistern Saddle I walked a steep ridge going W., the N. face of which had a very nice stand of Douglas firs and pines - big trees. I then walked back toward the saddle and then SSE to a rocky peak - the Continental Divide. At 16:15, I began a descent of Aubin Creek (the north one - there are 2 Aubin
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"LUCAS, John 1992 Journal They reach 30 miles S of Animas, Hidalgo Co., New Mexico June 6-7 Creeks in these mountains), and went down about 3/4 miles, to where the (Croft) Crook gradient becomes greater than 100%. This was a mixed conifer- ous forest which had suffered significant spotty destruction from fire. I hiked out an ENE-WSW ravine under Cistern Saddle at 18:30, back to the trail and down to the car at the trailhead at 19:30 MST. I sleep at Home Camp, but the work crew (from El Paso) was very noisy until 23:00. Weather June 6 was cloudless all day. There were light SW breezes in the morning and gusty SW winds mid- & late afternoon on the ridges. The temperature ranged from 60°-80°-70°. On June 7, I was up at 06:00, broke my minimal camp (as told) and drove to the cisterna behind the Nature Conservancy H.Q. I arrived there at 06:20 and walked the trail the length it went along the riparian corridor, and returned to the car about 07:45. I fed & watered my birds. Then I took a brief tour of web access along the road S. of H.Q., and returned to H.Q. at 08:20, where I again met Staff Bobb. He gave me directions to Deer Creek, via the old Culberson Ranch. Now living there are Marce Porter- Craig and Alan Craig. Marce & I humpety (09:50-10:25) looked downstream from surface the house, where water had been 2 weeks earlier, but my water was there now. Marce & Alan mentioned 2 other natural sites-cisterns, one under a golden eagle nest about 1 mile up and another at a canyon on Lower Deer Creek above Rock Ridge Camp. I hauled out at 10:45 toward Rock Ridge Cany. I made frequent stops along Deer Creek, listening and looking in the sycamores & cottonwoods for goldfinches. Because it was rather windy, I didn't hear much of anything. I walked the side canyon above Rock Ridge Camp, a canyon with discontinuous, cottonwood-dominated riparian vegetation with few large trees. At the top of the canyon, a rainstorm/rainstorm suddenly blew over at 12:00 and I ran all the way back to the
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June 6-7 Car, when I started. What was intended to be a twenty-minute nap turned (COLD) into a 90-minute sleep. At 13:45 I continued up the road, through ? closed, unlocked gates; beyond the third, the road turned E, away from Doe Creek. So I turned around & parked at the windmill just S. of 3rd gate. I took a compass reading WNW & took off cross-country, first into one deep, watered ravine, over a tall ridge, down a second ravine about 3/4 mile until a waterfall and confining canyon prevented further descent. Then, ? waiting for a thunderstorm to pass over, I surmounted a smaller ridge to a third intermittently watered drainage, beyond which was the obvious scar of a recently bulldozed fire break. Thinking this a route to still regain Doe Creek, I ascended until the fire break ended at a lower slope of a very high ridge. Looking down the scar, I could see a grove of very large sycamores at the bottom, at the confluence of 2 canyons (a windmill was also present there). All this upland country was oak dominated woodland, with some oak savannas to the E. of the ascending road. From the sycamore grove, I walked downstream 1 1/2-2 miles, then did a fairly slow traverse to the E. on an old roadbed, back to the main road, which I followed back to the vehicle. I arrived there at 17:27. I then drove slowly down to Culberson, stopping frequently among the sycamores, listening for goldfinches & whitethorn. I arrived back at the Craigs house at 21:00, and was treated to coffee cake! I departed at 22:00 and returned through the grasslands (to unintentional detour to the international boundary when I missed a turn in the dark), stopping at Gray Ranch H.P. to return the negative Gray Ranch signs one above the other with. I then drove to Chantor Canyon in the nearby Peloncillo Mountains, arriving at my campsite at midnight. I then pitched my tent and fell quickly to sleep.
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June 6th 1992 Journal Grey Ranch, 30 miles S. of Ruidoso, Hidalgo Co., New Mexico June 6-7 The weather June 7 was dominated by wind after mid-morning. There (Cros?) were few clouds to the E at dawn. Around 09:15 the first of the cloude started rolling in on Single SW winds. By 11:25, both the clouds & SW winds were heavier, E winds to 15 mpa & flying gusts. Rain / Raio fell 12:30 to 12:45. There were these same showers in the afternoon. The storm broke up about 17:00, but lingered still on the higher peaks of the Animas range to NNN, and clouds also persisted well to the SW & SE. The winds finally started snowing to 19:00. Temperature range 58°-75°-68°F. Species List Grey Ranch June 6-7: Amphibians: Bufo cognatus -16+ Bufo alvarius -1 Bufo punctatus -H.O, at House Camp Scaphiopus sp -3 [Traps found along roads to rains June 7] Reptiles: Cophosoma cornutum -2 Cophosoma douglasii -1 Colleris Agard -1 Side-blotched Agard - several True lizard - many Mountain Spiny Lizard -3 Birds: Walend -15 (incl. 18th stage type) Cincoeur Jool -8 Turkey Vultures -15 Coyote Hawk -1ad, first F Swainson's Hawk -1 Four-tailed Hawk - pr, next Red-tailed Hawk - 5 ad Rana catesbeina -H.O, Cienega Rana (Ranidae frog) sp. -1, Cienega Campanula-Two Frog -1005, transforming in Grove Deer Creek. Colleris Spring Lizard -1 [Desert Grassland Whistler - N.M.C] Chihuahuan Spotted Whistler -2 Numerous Camelsphaerus not id'd to species No snakes Gull-Eagle -1 ad American Kestrel -407, 69, 1u [Wild Turkey -1, G.B.] Threepawana Quail -3pre, 4 others H.O. Screes Quail -35 Gantalo's Quail -15 Virginia Rail -2
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Tecket J. 1992 Journal Grey Rock Farms J & Carissa Albelgo Cr, New Mexico June 6-7 Kite Deer -10 (nice / Upper Bear Creek area) (Coit) White-winged Dove -6 Montana Dove -30 Greater Prairie-Chicken -8 Great Horned Owl -9 Elf Owl -2 Burning Owl -2 Lg. owl sp -1 Lesser Nighthawk -4 Common Nighthawk -12 Nighthawk sp -50 Peregrine -14 White-throated Swift -8 Magnificent Hummingbird -19, 1 H.O. Black-crowned Herring -10 Broad-tailed Hummingbird -25 Green Woodpecker -8 Biden Woodpecker -1 Talladega-Grackle Woodpecker -5 Strickland's Woodpecker -8 N. (Red-shafted) Woodpecker -6 Giant Puma -2 W. Wood-Pewee # 10 (some scarcer than expected) Coiled-in-Flycatcher -4 Black Phoebe -3 Vermilion Flycatcher -3 Dusky-capped Flycatcher -10 Red-throated Flycatcher -25 Sycamore-Palmer Flycatcher -1 Cassin's Kingbird -15 W. Kingbird -30 Horned Lark -50 Violet-green Swallow -12 Barn Swallow -65 Steller's Jay -9 Gray-headed Jay -60 Scrub Jay -15 Chickadee Raven -2 Common Raven -65 (45 in Rock Creek, citizen data) Mexican Chickadee -8 Breeding Titmouse -40 Brewster's -4 (low?) Horn-glanded Wren -6 (all H.O.) Cactus Wren -6 Rock Wren -20 Canyon Wren -35 Boise's Wren -60 Thrush Wren -8 Ruby-crowned Kingbird -2 off (H.O.) Bar-grey Fritterbean -1 Kernit Ternul -5 (H.O.) American Robin -2 N. Mockingbird -45 Curve-billed Thrasher -9 Crossed Sparrow -1
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TRACET, J. A. Journal 63 1992 Pools along Golf Course Road, Presidio, Presidio Cr., Texas June 10 - I began the day of June 8 as a rest day in Clinton Canyon. I slept in late. Cooked a big breakfast, wrote up notes, reorganized the packing of two lobos, cooled lance, then mapped a bit before taking a solar- heated shower. I hit the road for the drive to Big Bend at 15:30, ready for the long drive. From Lubbock I called Kelly Bryan for permission to return to Big Bend Ranch, but he said I should call Dave Bug in the morning. June 9 found me short of my destination. Jack E. of Sierra Blanca on east-bound Interstate 10. I pulled over for a brief rest, but I slept for 5½ hours, so I didn't make it to El Davis or DARRA as expected. I called Dave Bug in and on my second call he had already left for Zapata, and wouldn't be back until late into afternoon. I went to Davis Mountains State Park to await his return. I drove outside the park to explore Temple Creek, one of the few places in Texas supporting a healthy population of Common Black Hawk. Kelly told me where the nearest nest was, about 2 miles from the park entrance. I finally found it—so well-concealed & not very-well-shaded against the afternoon sun fully stick nest when an adult foraging some food item was 'attacked' by 2 large & evidently hungry nestlings. There were fair numbers of lesser goldfinches flying about the cottonwoods from here, too. Dave Bug did not return until after dark, so my departure for Big Bend Ranch was delayed until 22:00. Again I got tied on Route and slept most of the night in the front seat of my car. On June 10, I stopped to check a series of ponds along Golf Course Rd in Presidio, at the request of Kelly Bryan. He had been there a few weeks earlier and saw several adult birds that he wanted breeding confirmation for. The ponds are the remnants of an old oxbow of the Rio Grande and are five in number. They are variably heavily margined in Scirpus & Jyphe, with some ponds having tamarisks growing across the margins in
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1992 June Found Ponds along Golf Course Road Presidio, Presidio Ctr., Texas june 10 places. Vegetation tends to be more luxuriant to the NW in the sequence (cont) G junce. A crude map: Coots - young can in all the ponds Leeds bittern surging fens Pink-headed duck ~2 young Green-headed Bim-nest ~ 2 young along feny. Pinkhead Gun ~1 young Ruddy Duck ~2 young Other ducks at the ponds included Burning Owl (1-50), Red-shafted Chicken (1), Bays's Wino (1), Common Yellathred (3), N. Cridial (2), Red- wings Blackbird (6), Duct-Tailed Ducker (18); if the very-nestled duck is still around, I missed it during my 08:15-09:30 visit. The weather was clear, 80-85F -Ljos W. breezes. Big Bend Ranch State Natural Area, 20 miles E of Presidio, Presidio Ctr., Texas June 10-14 I arrived at the same composite area earlier at 10:15; set up my tent, found up 2 nets at Los Curves and 2 nets at Ojito Adentro. For descriptions of these habitats, see May 22-27, 1992 entries. I also took a look at the real Santa de los Qitos, which I didn't see last time. It has more water, more trees and more birds, as well in a deeper ravine behind that while I mistook for the place. There have been some minor changes in the habitat here. In the drainage of Bojacillos Creek, wet gravel areas are larger & surface ferns slightly lower now at Los Curves & Ojito Adentro. Sunned areas of water now have a carpet of algae covering rocks & gravel. Generally there are now fewer flowers and more weeds; the humidity is lower & temperature is much warmer. It is striking that, except for marshbirds & chats, then
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Journal Big Bend Ranch State Natural Area, 20 miles E. Presidio, Presidio Co., Texas June 10-14 is far less bird song activity through the day. The dirt road in front of the major archeological site at Las Cuevas has been oiled. I didn't hear the SV or Ashio Buntings at Las Cuevas today. I caught no goldfinches today. I did an hour of road hunting after sunset. Weather June 10: Temperatures 85-105-85 F. There were a few alto after-moon clouds moving to NE, opposite surface winds flowing E->W 5-10 mph. These winds stopped about 17:30. A large line of thunderstorms moved by both NW, I never visible. The winds resumed out of clear skies at 21:15 and blew gently 5-15 mph out of E. At break until 22:30 when I fell asleep. On June 11, I opened all nets by 06:40, and spent the day running back & forth from Las Cuevas to Ojito Abierto. I also tried the Locaber-shitgar apparatus, but without success. I did catch 3 goldfinches at Las Cuevas. I also refound the SV Ashio Bunting at upper Las Cuevas, but he sings much less persistently now. I netted 16 Veril Buntings today, 12B. Weather June 11 was mostly hot and still: temp 70-105-85. A little breeze blew up in the late afternoon. No clouds were seen until 18:15 and those were well to the west of Presidio/Ojingo. On June 12 I worked the nets again all day, in between which I tried to get uncooperative birds to Ojingo so that I could record them. I caught 5 more birds at Las Cuevas, but almost all are PP. Ojito Abierto has very few birds present all this time, but they seem wise to the nets, which I move frequently. I went to Ojito Abierto at dusk for owling. I heard W. Screech-Owls, or others. I also stayed until well past dark, but heard no W. Whistfuls (Bill Rainey said it sounds like a California Jowler in the sky). I got spooked by two squeaking, sneezing snoring jack rabbits running out of the fence track here. I was reminded of Presidio
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"TRECOST, J. 1992 Journal Big Bend Ranch State Natural Area, 20 miles E of Presidio, Presidio Co., Texas June 10-14 Jimmy Carter being "attacked" by "killer rabbits." I suddenly had a lot (coit) more sympathy for him. Having jumped out to road of my car to pursue racing when the stalking in the bushes was clearly serving my way. I again went on a busy road hunt after dark, and listened to the Chicago Bulls win another NBA title. I returned my order to check ice today and learned my temperature estimate this visit have been low by about 10°F. Western June 12 was still hot; Tampa 75°/115-89°. Light E. surface range ~5 mps, picking up to success to 10 mps & hot feeling. A few clouds today. On June 13 I overslept a bit, not opening my nets until 07:10. I caught six goldfinches today, 4♀ and 2♂s. But a check of my catalogue showed I used adult ♂S. I tried recording & shooting, but to success. Thus my next take of Carduelis today was poor. The indigo hunting is gone. The weather June 13 was more humid & still. Rose hot (coit doesn't seem the wind to associate with fine weather here). There was a very light dew at dawn. An intermittent E. breeze blew most of the morning, becoming more sustained & out of S. at about 15:00. This was shortly followed by the appearance of thunderclouds to the E., which briefly shadowed Ujito Adentus but not camp at Las Cuevas. The temperature range was about 75°/105°=98°F. On June 14, I worked nets until noon, again unsuccessfully trying the tape recorder shotgun approach as well. I netted 14 lesser goldfinches, but no adult males. I put up three goldfinches to complete my sample. I sawes also noted that the indigo hunting is not gone - I relocated it at Ujito Adentus Friday. I left Big Bend Ranch at 16:10, heading for Davis Mountains State Park. The weather June 14 was really a carbon copy of yesterday's, my notes too fine to left.
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Journal June 10-14 Species list for Big Bend Ranch June 10-14: Reptiles: Red-spotted Toad Great Plains Narrow-mouthed Toad Canyon Tree Frog Toad, Leopard frog sp. Reptiles | Southwestern Collared Lizard Collared Lizard Bullsnake Crack whip Canyon Lizard W. Black-neck Spider Snake Rusty-naped Whiptail Black-tailed Rattlesnake Seven-striped Whiptail Vigilant Rattlesnake Checkerd Whiptail W. Desert Back Rattlesnake Desert Lid-Holder Lizard Stone-Pore Copperhead. Birds: Turkey Vulture Red-Tailed Hawk Say's Phoebe Ash-Throated Flycatcher Scaled Quail Cliff Swallow Killdeer Common Raven White-Winged Dove Virdin Mourning Dove Cactus Wren Yellow-Billed Cocker - 1, 6/13 A.A. Rock Wren Greater Roadrunner Canyon Wren W. Screech Owl Barrick's Wren Great Horned Owl Black-Tailed Gnatcatcher Elf Owl N. Mockingbird Lesser Nighthawk Curve-Billed Thrasher Common Nighthawk Loggerhead Shrike Crowmore Pigeon Bell's Vioce Black-Crowned Humming Bird Gray Vioce - 1 Singing in Camp Adam 6/14 Ladder-backed Woodpecker Yellow-breasted Chat Black Choke Summer Tanager June, John 1992
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Jamaica, J. A. 1992 Journal Big Bend Ranch State Natl Refuge, 20 miles E of Presidio, Presidio Co., Texas May 22-27 Birds: Walled (cont) Black Vulture - 1 N. of Presidio 5/27 Turkey Vulture Red-tailed Hawk Lesser Juail Killdeer - nest = 4 eggs m. HQ. White-winged Dove Mourning Dove Sheater Krodrunner W. Scaven Owl Great Horn Owl Elf Owl Lesser Nighthawk Common Nighthawk Crumson Prouill Black-Cardinal Hummingbird Red-tailed Woodpecker W. Wood Peave Black Carake Red-tailed Rycaten Cliff Swallow Common Raven Verdin Cactus Wren Rock Wren Canyon Wren Barwick's Wren Bock-Tailed Guntsterkin N. Mockingbird Curve-Billed Thrasher Loggerhead Shrike Bell's Vireo Baiging Teu Cuevas 5/22 Whistling Vireo - & netted " " 5/24 Wilson's Warbler Yellow-breasted Chat Summer Tanager W. Taneger - Netted Teu Cuevas 5/24 N. Cardinal Pyrrhuloxia Blue Grosbeak Indigo Bunting - SY o' on territory, Teu Cuevas Varied Bunting Canyon Towhee Cassain's Sparrow Refray-Crowned Sparrow Black-Headed Sparrow Brown-Lacked Cowbird Hooded Vireo Scott's Vireo House Finch Lesser Goldfinch (S.S.) House Sparrow - only at ranch H. P.
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Tricket J. 1992 Journal Big Bend Ranch State Natural Area, 20 miles E of Presidio, Presidio Co, Texas June 10-14 N. Cardinal Black-throated Sparrow (Coxt) Pyrrhuloxia Brown-headed Cowbird Bare-throated Horred Oriole Indigo Bunting Scott's Oriole Varied Bunting House Finch Canyon Towhe Lesser Goldfinch Rufous-crowned Sparrow mammals: mule, bad sp. Dipodomys sp. Crysto many small mice- from the first trip- few gray fox canid? skunk-scent Lepus californicus rock squirrel Sylvilagus Mexican ground squirrel Tapassu tajacu spotted ground squirrel Otospermis lemniscus white-tailed antelope squirrel Jim's Creek section (Formerly Rude Ranch), Davis Mountains State Park, Jeff Davis Co, Texas. Elevation 5000 ft. June 15-21 On packing up at Big Bend Ranch, I noted that my liquid nitrogen Was almost evaporated from my tank. So instead of driving directly to the Davis Mountains, I made a substantial detour to Midland, Texas. Driving in the dark, I saw a partial lunar eclipse. In the morning I bought the liquid N2 (at less than half the so-called discounted price U.C. receives from its own lab my five patents supplier), and returned to Davis Mountains State Park via Interstate Hwy 20 to Texas Hwy 17, then a short way on Texas Hwy 118. I set up my two tents and two mules' nets and scouted this portion of the park along Jim's Creek bridge. Kelley kindly invited me to supper with his family and I enjoyed an evening of Hearth & Home, even though the home & kids were not mine,
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Linda Jo 1992 Journal Timpia Creek Section (formerly Linda Ranch), Davis Mountains State Park, Jeff Davis Co., Texas. Elevation 5000 ft. June 15-21 run. After dark I returned to my camp and slept soundly in the relatively cool (emit) night air. On June 16, I was up at 06:40 to open the 2 nets and to thoroughly walk the area. The habitat I worked extends along a 1 1/4 mile stretch of the creek on the NE side of State Hwy 118 opposite the automobile entrance to the camp- ground at DMSP. My camp is on the edge of the creek flood plain about 150 yds upstream from an erecture windmill in a site dominated by 6 large (75-50'tall) oaks (grey oak, Q. paliva), giving on a 10' fence above the floodplain. Also present are several large (35') junipers, and then is a discontinuous understory of small junipers, agavita (in fruit) and catclaw acacia. Other shrubs that I can't identify are also present. Further small group of large oaks is 50 yds W. (upstream). The floodplain itself is dominated by mixed shrubs, including but not limited to, agavita, 2 species of Rhus (skunkbush & desox sumac), catclaw, rockburny, spice bush, small junipers & others. Scattered large junipers are the largest trees, and then are a few large desox willows, but the most numerous trees are small & medium Mexican walnuts, which from Cofelea in some places. There are expanses of grass, too, of several species mostly 3-6" tall, some a bit taller, forming a carpet, including the ob- noxious (to me) grass-burr. Quicky pear and cane cholla are also in this immediate area, with larger examples to be seen upstream & down. My first 2 nets, put up yesterday, are within 50 yds of camp; this oneiger under its oaks right here & the other against a short row of small to medium (12') walnut trees on the 10-ft bank overlooking the creek. Cuide Map: FENCE N VERTICAL ROCK OUTCROP NO SURFACE FLOW HERE X CAMP @ WINDMILL FENCE DOWSTREAM Hwy 118 TO FT. DAVIS 1/2 MILE ENTRANCE TO STATE PARK
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TROUET, J. 1992 Journal Limpia Creek Section (formerly, Padre River), Davis Mountains State Park, Jeff Davis Co., Texas. Elevation 5000 ft June 15-21 The flat flood plain on this S. side of the creek is in contrast to the steep, (Craig) sloping hill opposite. The southwest facing slope is covered with native grass than this side & has less robust-looking brush except in a couple ravines where some vertical basaltic outcrops & an E.-facing slopes. There are some scattered oaks and junipers, with one fair concentration of oaks in a south- east draining ravine. The hill appears to top out about 300 ft above the creek. Limpia Creek itself is without any significant gallery forest in this stretch—only our small cottonwood, Syc-Willow is too common plant—growing usually 4-6 ft high—at the stream's near margins. Mostly the creek is naked gravel & cobbles. The stream itself is very cold, and has filamentous green plants growing on the bottom and (less regularly) on the margins. The stream flows for long stretches above ground but is discontinuous upstream. Isolated pockets of surface water are particularly choked to algae. Downstream 250 yards the floodplain narrows to about 50 yds. Between camp & this desert willow is common and hackberry reaches a medium size and forms respectable copses, certainly large enough to encompass& shelter a mist net, especially where there are some walnuts admixed. Hackberries do likewise upstream, where there are also a few soapberries and minosa, but there are also several large oaks on the far bank of the creek upstream, where the drainage swings to this side of the flood plain. Here, too, could make decent net sites. Beginning downstream about 2/3 miles, on private property, and continuing for several miles, Limpia Creek has an impressive gallery forest of very close cottonwoods. Floods & cattle have taken & kept out the industry in some places, however. There are still cattle in this stretch too—sheep.
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TRACET, TX. 1972 Journal Limpie Creek section (formerly Brube Ranch), Davis Mountains State Park, Jeff Davis Co., Texas. Elevation 5000 ft. June 15-21 from the ranch upstream. Underscotted Crows pies attest to their recent intrusion. In contrast to Big Bend Ranch, I had no trouble netting adults of goldfinches here - six of seven birds (all male?) are adults. Weather June 16 had a temperature range of 55°-92°-75°F. There was a light down-canyon breeze in the early morning, but it fell still from 08:20 to 11:30, then variable, mostly w. breezes. No dew this morning, no clouds all day. On June 17, I caught four more goldfinches, all aduenelos. I saw several F.F., but only early & late, except near the gate to the highway. There may be a nest near there. I may have to put up the other two nets tomorrow. This morning at 07:10, while I was sitting in my camp chair watching my nets, a gray fox walked toward me and sat and watched me from a distance of about 60 feet. He watched me for about 1½-2 minutes, then turned around and walked away, not bothering even to look back. The weather June 17 was better, T temps 60°-100°-80°. Except from- canyon down breeze, no wind today until 15:30, when gusty 5-15 mph W. winds blew until 19:45, then gradually abated. It was still at sunset. No morning dew. No clouds today, though there was a bit of haze in the E. at sunrise. June 18 was a darn day for netting goldfinches (or anything else), owing to the winds. The two new nets put up before sunrise had no fair catching today. I saw Whipsucks near one of my nets, but it wasn't until after dark that visitors to my camp came calling today - just after sunset, still pretty light, I saw the gray fox again. Well after dark (22:30) about 5 colored parrotlets nosed around camp, and about 15 minutes after they
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TRACKET J.A. 1992 Journal Timpie Creek Section (formerly Bunde Ranch), Davis Mountain State Park, Jeff Davis Ck., Texas. Elevation 5000 ft. June 15-21 Left, a striped skunk cruised through. (CONT) Weather June 18 was hot, with temps 65°-75°-78°F, but the winds that blew all day did help make the heat more tolerable. There was a light dew at dawn. No clouds all day. The creek surface flow is a bit less and the water temperature a bit warmer than on arrival. On June 19 I worked the nets as usual during the day, catching 3 gold-finches in the process. Despite providing caged birds with food, water & shade, the heat is taking a toll on these birds. Even one of my long-term captives, a judea finch female, looked unlikely to survive for long. On the lighter side, I established a new personal record for the largest bird caught in a mist-net - a wild turkey!! As my approach to the net, she tore a huge hole in the bottom shelf! June 19 was again hot and a bit humid. Temperature ranged 60°-80°-90°F. Aside from the early dawn-canyon breeze, there wasn't a breath of air movement today. The first clouds I've seen here were today's thin, wispy plumes mostly in the E & SE. They never shaded my camp. On June 20, I repeated my routine of checking nets while weather permitted. I caught four goldfinches early. During inclement weather in the afternoon, after putting up today's specimens, I checked locations for possible net sites. I found a couple places well shaded in the morning, but I don't think I'll use them after this morning's success. As I expected, my Utah june bird died in the night. The weather June 20 changed significantly from the previous pattern. Temperatures ranged only from 65°-85°(75°-p thunder shower started)-70°F. A mild W surface wind until about 11:10 abruptly gave way to gusty 5-15 mph
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Journal 74 June 15-21, E. winds. High elevation winds pushed clouds WSW -> ENE. The cloud (Cumulus?) cover thickened and was very dark by 12:30. It sprinkled at 11:45, then steady moderate rain 14:10 - 16:45, then heavier rain attended by lightning & thunder. This lasted until 18:30, after which there were intermittent showers until at least 22:30, when I fell asleep. On June 21, I made a run to Presidio ponds (three I visited June 10) with Kelly Bryan. We found breeding evidence for Least Bitterns (giving off calls), several "singing" (?) otherwise nothing new. We were back by midmorning. I opened my nets at 9:30 and by 10:30 I had good enough to complete my sampling requirements. Getting them to vocalize was frustrating. I gathered specimens into afternoon, wrote up notes and packed everything except the tent & sleeping bag in anticipation of an early departure tomorrow. Weather June 21 was very pleasant. Temps ranged 60-90-75F. Light dew in Am. at Presidio. Both freezes in the morning hours, w/winds 5-10 in the afternoon. Few scattered afternoon clouds, no rain. Species list Davis Mountains State Park June 15-21: Amphibians: Leopard frog sp. Crayon tree frog Rallus sp. Reptiles: Crested Spiny Lizard Bogger Snake E. Fence Lizard Black-necked Racer Snake Stygia Whipsnake Birds: Anas sp. - 14-0, 6/16 Killdeer Turkey Vulture Band-Tailed Pigeon Red-Tailed Hawk White-winged Dove Wild Turkey Mourning Dove Hematopus sp. Yellow-billed Cuckoo
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Juran, f. 1992 June Liripia Creek section (formerly Rude River), Davis Mountains State Park, Jeff Davis Co., Texas. Elevation 5000 ft. June 15-21 W. Screech-Owl (Cock) (Crack) Crown Night-Hawk Poorwille Black-Chinned Hummingbird Zadber-Sack's Woodpecker W. Wood-Pewee Black Parbe Jay's Phoebe Ash-Throated Flycatcher Cassin's Kingbird Cliff Swallow Barn Swallow Lark Jay Cormon Raven Black-Crested Titmouse Bushtit Cactus Wren Rock Wren Canyon Wren Bewick's Wren N. Mockingbird Tree-Tailed Thrasher Prainoppepa Mammla: Coyote and Fox sp. Crypts Gray Fox Summer Tanager N. Cardinal Black-Necked Grosbeak Canyon Joker Crowns Sparrow Rufous-Sided Towhee Black-Chinned Sparrow Jack Sparrow Black-Throated Sparrow Brown-Necked Crowbird Scots Warbler House Finch Lesser Goldfinch House Sparrow THE FOLLOWING BIRDS WERE RECORDED ALONG LIMPIA CREEK NR. BLACK HAWK NEST 2 MI. DOWNSTREAM Cormon Black Hawk American Kestrel Scallop Quail Stearios-Tailed Flycatcher Almond Jack Hygearhead Shrike European Starling Green-Tailed Towhee Striped Skunk Collared Peccary Mule Deer
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Texas, John 1992 Journal Palo Duro Canyon State Park, 18 miles E of Canyon, Randall & Armstrong Counties, Texas June 23-24 I left Davis Mountains State Park at 05:20, well before sunrise, in search of goldfinches in the panhandle of Texas. Kelly Bryan gave me phone numbers for several contacts in that part of the state. Only Ken Keyffart in Amarillo could say he had seen fewer goldfinches this year, and he was not very encouraging. He had found them only at Palo Duro Canyon State Park, and in low numbers. Most years he finds them also in John Longwood, just S of Amarillo, and infrequent places along the Canadian River N of the city. Not this year. June 22 was a travel day, and I took State Hwy 17 from El Paso to Pecos, then Interstate 20 to Big Spring, then U.S. Hwy 87 to Canyon (U.S 87 becomes Interstate 27 in Lubbock), then E on Texas State Hwy 217 to the park entrance. Having looked for used book stores in Midland, Odessa, Big Spring & Zulfick, I arrived too late for entry to the park. So I retreated a short way and slept in my car along the highway. It rained hard at intervals during the day and esp. during the night. I was second in line when gates to the state park opened on June 23. The park superintendent is Elon Baker, but he has been gone a couple days and is not expected back until tomorrow. Other staff want to defer to him the decision on where in the park I can collect birds, assuming they are here in sufficient numbers. On the recommendation of park ranger Karen I headed for the Sunflower Campground, which is for tents only. There I made camp in site #2, on the east end of the camping area. There was some standing water & lots of wet sand, evidence that the stream, the Prairie Dog Town Fork of the Red River, had nearly come out of its banks. The river carved a stunningly colorful canyon in flowing from its high plains to the West southwest to the low elevation gress-- Under the canyon Tracking NW -> SE. reddish browns, ochre, yellows, even purplish green color the canyon slopes. Very pretty.
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Jrky, J. 1992 Journal Palo Duro Canyon State Park 18 miles E of Canyon & Armstrong Counties, Texas June 23-24 There were several habitats seen in the park. Above the canyon rim there (Cait) was the mesquite/grasslands of the Llano Estacado; within the canyon I saw brushy/grassy areas, stone juniper dominated hills & slopes, and riparian woodlands. I spent my time looking for goldfishes in the riparian zone and its extremes, and it is in there I will describe, aided by a park hand-out of common plants. The river banks vegetation is characterized by few trees. Cottonwood is found every three. There are a few mesquite close to the river edge, but most of these I saw were well back from water's edge anyway as were net-leaf hackberry & little leaf sumac and some sea-sand juniper. Coyote willows and Texas rice to 12' in height covers more area than any other plants. Dry slopes adjacent to the river had prickly pear & yuccas. Herbaceous plants included flat thistle, skimmia, daisies, three mint, aster, cocklebur, & Mexican red. These cottonwoods were 1-2' dbh & 30-40' tall. Closed canopy galleries were uncommon and some were extensive. The riparian zone was seldom more than fifty feet wide. Crude map: CLIFF TOPS FORK RED CLIFF TOP RIVER X - area of fair-good riparian growth CLIFF TOPS Fork OF RED RIVER DOWNSTREAM
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June 23 1992 Journal Palo Duro Canyon State Park, 18 miles E. of Canyon Randall & Armstrong Counties, Texas. June 23-24 I scouted by automobile two length of the stream within easy walking (Cock) distance of the park road. Browsing areas were explored on foot, but I found no goldfinches June 23. Weather June 23 was windy & otherwise pleasant. Winds came up about 09:30 and swirled in the canyon bottom, tharge the light clouds that appeared after 11:00 blew consistently, W->E all day. Temperatures ranged from 70°F- 95°F-80°F. On June 24 I repeated the survey of the riparian areas of the park, this time visiting the downstream half or so of area in easy walking distance from the road. This section had almost all the promising habitat. Again, I saw no goldfinches. The only creature I saw in this park were two three that came to my cage birds while I was packing up to leave midmorning. I left the park at 10:15. Weather this morning was very pleasant. There was a light dew, only slight haze and no clouds. Temperature 70-80°F. Species list: Amphibia: anuran sp - H.O. Reptiles: Sceloporus malachitus Thamnophis sp. (Sauritus & range) Birds: Turkey Vulture Rumming Dove Mississippi Kite Yellow-Billed Cuckoo Red-Tailed Hawk Greater Roadrunner American Kestrel E. Sarnack-Owl - H.O. Wild Turkey - track Great Horned Owl M. Zebulita - H.O. Common Nighthawk Screes Quail- Belted Kingfisher Kielder - H.O. Golden-Fronted Woodpecker
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Lorain, John 1992 Journal Palo Duro Canyon State Park 18 miles E of Canyon Randall & Remington Counties Texas June 23-24 Golden-fronted Red-backed Woodpecker European Starling Tadpole-barred Woodpecker Warbling Vireo N. Flicker - H. o. N. Cardinal Ash-throated Flycatcher Blue Grosbeak W. Kingbird Indigo Bunting Lesser-caled Flycatcher Painted Bunting Cliff Swallow Canyon Towhee Blue Jay Rufous-crowned Sparrow Scrub Jay Fork Sparrow American Crow Bram-Healed Gravid Tufted Titmouse N. (Buller's) Vireo Bushtit House Finch Rock Wren Lesser Goldfinch Blue-gray Gnatcatcher N. Warblingbird Mammals: Striped Skunk Deer - Track Raccoon - Track Day Canyon, San Gabriel Mountains 2 miles E & 3 miles N of Chaffey College Kramer Cucumber San Bernardino Nat'l Forest San Bernardino Co. Cal. Elev. 2800 ft. June 25-27 From Palo Duro Canyon I drove N to Amarillo Texas to pick up west- bound Interstate 40 and head to California. I left I-40 at Carl, Tex., Arizona and drove south on US Hwy 89. I got sleepy southerly of Prescott, and rested a few hours in my car. I continued on Hwy 89 to Congress, Arizona, when I picked up Highway 71 to US Hwy 60, to Interstate 10. I got sleepy again before crossing into California, and spent a few more
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June 25 1992 Journal Day Canyon, San Gabriel Mountains, 2 miles E & 3 miles N. of Chaffey College of Rancho Cucamonga, San Bernardino Nat'l Forest, San Bernardino Ca., Calif. Elevation 2800 ft. June 25-28 Hours sleeping in my car at a roadside near a few miles E. of Ehren (exit) Burg, Arizona. I then continued W. on I-10 to Interstate 15 north to the Forties Bends exit, W. to Etiwanda Ave., N. on Etiwanda to the gravel roads and arches gate below Day Canyon. I arrived at 10:45 PDT, June 25, pretty good time, though I benefitted from crossing two time zone boundaries. I have only a few days left on my collecting permit for California, and I still need birds from the far south part of the state. I worked up toward Day Canyon and found that Green goldfinches are really numerous here, even about the sage scrub below the canyon proper. They are quite common about the mouth of the canyon. I set up with my nets and carry cages. By 14:45 I had all 4 nets set up for the afternoon. The Resitil was described on a visit this past April, & Jim deJauries. The only significant difference is that the green, then green, is now from & dry. Because the area around the locks got it used as a target range, I did not camp in the canyon, but stayed with my vehicle during the night and I hiked out at least twice during the day to check on my stuff. I caught our goldfinches June 25. I moved my nets late in the afternoon to sites that would be shaded from the morning sun. Weather June 25 in the afternoon was clear and windy, & W. winds 10-20 mph, perhaps a bit higher away from the relative protection of the canyon. Temperature 85°-75°F. On June 26, I hiked up into the dark and opened my nets as it was just getting light. When I walked back down to check on my car, I noted that goldfinches were perfectly numerous around the saguaro so weren't trying to mist net birds down there. In my mid-afternoon car check, I brought down one net to set up near the pine grove, and at sunset I brought out another net to set up near the pines.
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Journal Day Canyon San Gabriel Mountains 2 miles E & 3 miles N of Chaffey College of Rancho Cucamonga, the Bernardino Nat'l Forest, San Bernardino Co., Calif. Elev. 2800 ft. June 25-28 Austin met to set ups by the eucalypts. I caught seven goldfinches today, (crit) all before 10:30. Because of insecurity about my vehicle & belongings, I am not putting up specimens here, but I will wait until I get back home. Weather June 25 was pleasant in the morning, I sighted freezers down Canyon early giving way to light W. winds by 9 a.m. until 10:30 then increasing steadily to 10-20 mph by noon and continuing the rest of the day. There were 2 or few clouds over the San Gabriels, and close to two ones over the San Bernardino Mtn. in mid & late afternoon. Temp. range about 60°-85°-75°F. On June 27, I ran the same route as the previous day, except that two of my sets were on the bajada below the canyon mouth, and two remained in lower Day Canyon proper. I should have left all the nets in the Canyon, since all ten birds taken today were from the Canyon, in which case I might have caught enough birds to complete a point sample. These birds caught today make 17, all kept alive for data recording & specimen preparation. Weather June 27 was just about identical to yesterday, no difference, really, but I caught sixes, except perhaps a bit fewer clouds noted. On June 28, I caught the last 3 goldfinches by 06:20. I never even opened the bajada nets this morning. I packed up my mist nets & poles and loaded them back to the car, repacked my vehicle and was ready for the drive home by 08:30. Weather the morning of June 28 was cool, cloudless & still. The air was actually a bit dampy. Temps. 60-70°F. Species List Day Canyon June 25-28: Aves (Birds): California Ica Furg. Reptiles: Sceloporus occidentalis Cnemidophorus sp.
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Jurch, fro 1992 Journal Day Canyon San Botrial Mtns 2 miles E 3/4 mile N of Chaffey Gorge & Rancho Cucamonga San Bernardino Nat'l Forest, San Bernardino Co. Calif. Elev. 2800 ft. June 25-28 Temnopteria gotalus (Crank) Temnoptera posata Pterophle anclousleucus Cratesi viridis Birds: Turkey Vultures Red-tailed Hawk Coyote Wren Benick's Wren American Kestrel House Wren California Quail W. Bluebird Bank-Tailed Pigeon American Robin Mourning Dove Warbler Western Meadowlark California Thrasher Great Horned Owl Walking Uires Purcell Orange-crowned Warbler Black-chinned Hummingbird Yellow-tailed Ruby Hummingbird Black-rumped Purpleback Callis Hummingbird Sayali Bunting Downy Woodpecker Rupen-sided Towhee N. (Red-shafted) Sucker California Towhee Pacific Logger Fagotlean Black-crowned Sparrow Ash-throated Flycatcher Bream-headed Gnatbird Violet-green Swallow N. (Boleco's) Thrush Steller's Jay House Finch Rock Wren Lesser Goldfinch Mammals: Bat sp. California Brush Squirrel Raccoon-track White-tailed Ratelype Squirrel Crypts Merriams Chipmunk Bat-coat-track Small Robert sp. (x).
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Luce, J. 1992 Journal 22491 Willow Drive Palo Alto California Elevation 500 ft. June 29 I drove from Day Chygn to Sacramento (with a brief stop in Duarte to see my wife's parents) in near-record time. I deposited the goldfinches in the aviary and washed clothing and person, and, after a third wash, I was ready to continue N on T-5 to Ted Hanson's property to complete a sample begun in March. However, as we were home to answer my phone request for permission at one hour when I might still meet birds there June 28 (this might have been some time 7 record-collected birds in San Bernardino Co & Santa C the same day!), Katie consented to my return, and even permitted me to drive up that night. I arrived at 22:30. I set up 4 nets, two up and running before sunrise. It was dry, steady work all day, after a start over until 09:00. When Katie got home about 13:00, she was upset to see me putting up specimens on the driveway, and asked that I wait until I got home to prepare any others. I caught my 24th goldfinch, the ninth today, at 19:00. There were still wild birds about, but I elected to take down my nets and call it a day. For a description of the habitat see my notes from late March, 1992. The grass is now dry & brown, whereas it was fresh & green in the spring. Water no longer stood in the low spot behind the house, just goldfinches & other birds frequently used two bird baths, one in front of the house, the other in back. Weather today was BFD & pretty still, without cloud cover. Temperature range 65-98-85°F. Species list: Thugs - none Birds: Turkey Vulture Red-tailed Hawk American Kestrel Mourning Dove Lunmingful sp. Acorn Woodpecker
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Trachet, J.A. 1992 Journal 2249 Willara Drive Palos Cedro Alhambra Ca. California Elevation 500 ft. June 29 Wattles Woolpacker European Starling (cont) Scar Jay Jack Sparrow American Crow Brewer's Blackbird Kevin Silenman House Finch White-breasted Nuthatch Lesser Goldfinch W. Bonapart House Sparrow American Robin memorable: none Balconillo Mesa Skeleton Canyon Coronado National Forest, 17 miles S. of Robber Hidalgo Co., New Mexico July 7 My daughter Renee has accompanied me on this trip to the South- west, a trip to complete, if possible, some partial samples from earlier field work. Foremost among these are from Washington Ranch in SE New Mexico & from the Little Colorado River near Holbrook, Arizona. We left Sacramento July 4 at 20:40, stopping off briefly at MVZ, then drove to the Southwest via Berry Ave -> Interstate 580 -> I-5 south to I-210 east -> State Route 10 west. Unfortunately in the 110-115 F Temperatures of Arizona, Renee fell ill. Our progress was slowed (July 5-6) and we had to spend the night at a motel in Wilcox, Arizona. She slept in until 09:15. We enjoyed a delicious brunch at the local grocery store (pretty good food actually). By 11:00 we were rolling again, this time with an afternoon in the Chiricahua Mountains in mind, via Arizona Highways 186 & 181. In the Chiricahuas, we made a brief pause by Rustler Park, Bostegan Saddle & the Frontier Resource Station, and we more patiently enjoyed a short walk on the Smith Fork Trail in Cave Creek Canyon. We ran into Dave Riddle, recent MVZ alum, and his
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TRACHT, J.A. 1992 Journal * Skeleton Canyon, Pelucilla Mtns, Colorado National Forest 17 miles S of Rodeo Hidalgo Co, New Mexico. July 7. father. Renee was still fatigued from yesterday and wanted to camp, but I wanted to get into New Mexico tonight. I compromised. We drove from Santa Fe (after supper in the picnic grounds at the end of the road) 5E to Skeleton Canyon, in the Pelucilla Mountains just across the state line. We arrived at 19:20, and I finally got the tent set up before a thunderstorm came right over the top of us. Renee & I covered in the car until we could safely move to the tent. The rain at 21:00. The storm did not abate until 23:00. A crude map DOWNSTREAM AZ-NM STATE LINE PINE CANYON N E FORK SKELETON CAMP-X CANYON 1 mile This is a canyon where dominant trees are oaks and junipers. There appear to be 3 species of evergreen oak and 2 species of juniper. The largest oaks grow in the floodplain of the creek, where the riparian woodlands is richly adorned with Quercus douglasii, Quercus walteri, valentinia oaks, a few piers, a rare cottonwood & a rare willow. There is a fair fruit set of junipers, and the cones on the pines (mostly in Pine Canyon) are all red. The creek has surface water almost continuously in and above Pine Canyon, but most wets is at surface at Camp level and downstream. The creek gradient is small. The surrounding canyon slopes are about 300-400 ft above the creek level. Well upstream of the junction of Pine Canyon, the riparian woodland is mostly large oaks. We hiked this canyon from 15:55 to 10:10 and again (upstream) from 12:25 to 14:00. We depart at 6:00.
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Journal 1992 Skeleton Canyon, Balcones Wash, Colorado National Forest 17 miles S of Rodeo, Hidalgo Co., New Mexico. July 7 The weather July 7 was quite pleasant. Dawn was still & clear. A slight NE breeze began around 10:00, switching to NW at noon. There were scattered clouds in the afternoon. Temperatures ranged from 65- 90-85°F. Species list: Amphibians: none (no anuran larvae in tirejars) Reptiles: Loggerhead Turtles Striped Rattlesnake Greater Earless Lizard Clerk's Spiny Lizard Lesser Earless Lizard Cnemidophorus sp. Iberian Lizard Pituophis Bunch Grass Lizard Birds: Turkey Vulture - 20 Green Woodpecker - 18 Cooper's Hawk - 1 Gila Woodpecker - 1 Four-tailed Hawk - pr. ad. Ladder-backed Woodpecker - 2 Red-tailed Hawk - 2 ad, 1 imm, 1 juv. N. Barklea Typhlocephalus - 1 Golden Eagle - 1 ad W. Wood-Pewee - 8 Snail's Zunicella - 2 Dusky-capped Flycatcher - 20 Mourning Dove - only 1! Ash-throated Flycatcher = 50+ many juvs Whip-poor-will - 1 (44.3) Cheski's Kingbird - 4 Magnificent Hummingbird - 2♀ Gray-breasted Jay - 50 Lucifer Hummingbird - 1♀ Cinnamon Raven - 4 Black-chinned Hummingbird - 4♂, 8♀ Crested Caracara - 60 Rufous Hummingbird - 2♂ Bridled Titmouse - 20 Sclerophrys sp. - 2 Rock Wren - 18 Elegant Tanager - nest; ad?, ad? Canyon Wren - 25 adult♀, juv (on eggs) Benck's Wren - 40
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Journal Truett, J. 1992 Skeeton Canyon, Peloncillo Mtns, Coronado National Forest (inside S. of Rider, Hidalgo Co., New Mexico. July 7 Crested Thrasher-1 (Cmit) Plainspiper-35 Hutton's Vireo-12 Painted Redstart-7 Thryothic Tanager-15 Swainson Tanager-1 Black-Headed Grosbeak-1 Rufous-Sided Towhee-35 Canyon Jaynee-3 Rufus-Cornish Sparrow-16 Brock-Arnold Sparrow-2 Bennet-Leaded Crowbill-30 N.(Bullocks) Oriole-1 Scott's Oriole-8 Leaven Goldfinch-6 Washington Ranch adjacent to Rattlesnake Springs, portion of Carlsbad Caverns National Park, Eddy Co., New Mexico. Elevation 3650 ft. July 8 We drove all day and most of the night in order to keep an appointment with Mr. Peggy Dunton, who once again assisted to my collecting on the Washington Ranch. We arrived via U.S. Hwy 80 from Grants, Arizona to I-10 and E. Thruway, Fort Stockton, Las Cruces to El Paso, where we took US Hwy 62/67 past Guadalupe Mountains National Park to a signed exit southwest of White City to Rattlesnake Spring, a designated part of Carlsbad Caverns National Park, arriving at 06:15 (having slept at Pine Springs, Guadalupe National Park for several hours). The habitat at Washington Ranch/Rattlesnake Spring was described on earlier visits in 1989 and 1991. The numbers of favored food plants of goldfinches, i.e., thistles & wild sunflowers, seem about normal for the area, based on my recollections of past visits. I set up my nets in two same places I used last visit; the vegetation in these areas needing little trimming this morning. The time away from immediate tending of the nets was spent looking for birds at Rattlesnake Springs and using the picnic tables there for fixing & eating breakfast.
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Sunday, Jan 1992 Journal Washington Ranch adjacent to Rattlesnake Springs portion of Carlsbad Caverns National Park, Eddy Co., New Mexico. Elevation 3650 ft. July 8 Lunch. Renee mostly read her book while I wandered around. Her interest (cat's) in birds evident only when working at the mist nets. A yellow-green Vireo was at Rattlesnake Springs. One (or two same bird?) was there last summer as well on the west end of the park property. This year, the yellow-green Vireo was at the east end of the grove at Rattlesnake Springs. The bird was singing non-stop and moving widely among these trees. Pat Snyder, from N. New Mexico was then looking for the bird, and apparently not having had a satisfactory look. I found it easy to see 5 fellows. I recorded several minutes of song. This recording I set up at my mist net on the Washington Ranch and flush the bird into the net almost immediately. I faced any take of goldfinches today, taking only adult males which were underrepresented in my earlier sampling. The proportion of black-backed birds seen here this year is (compared to my recollections) far smaller. Is this because site fidelity among goldfinches is low, or because it is low in this and some other populations, or because individual black-backed birds may revert to green-backed plumage in subsequent molts? Or some combination of these, perhaps. For Renee, the highlights were seeing, in the hand, a 7 Black-billed Cuckoo, a 8 Vermilion Flycatcher, a yellow-breasted Chat, a 9 Summer Tanager, a 10 Blue Grosbeak, and a 11 Painted Bunting, among many other netted birds. Weather July. I was quite pleasant. There was not a cloud in the sky, and light E. breeze blew until 10:15. After a short lull of still air, the wind changed to 5-10 mph out of the W, which continued until we left at 13:00. Temperature 70°-85° F.
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Jenkins, J. 1992 Journal Washington Ranch, adjacent to Kettleman Creek portion of Carlsbad Caverns National Park, Eddy Co, New Mexico. Elevation 7650 feet. July 8 Species List: (Cat) Herps: Camelophorus sp. Birds: Downy Hawk Barn Swallow Swallows Bewick's Wren Turkey Vulture E. Bluebird Red-tailed Hawk N. Mockingbird N. Bobwhite Bell's Vireo Wild Turkey Yellow-green Vireo Kielder Yellow-breasted Chat Mourning Dove Summer Tanager Yellow-billed Cuckoo N. Cardinal Greater Roadrunner Blue Grosbeak Night Hawk sp. Indigo Bunting Beech Hummingbird Painted Bunting Richibockue sp. Pyrra-Crowned Sparrow Judder-Spinner Warbler Cassin's Sparrow Burch Phoebe Red-winged Blackbird Ley's Phoebe Brown-headed Cowbird Vermilion Egretian Orland Oriole Red-Throated Egretian N. (Bewick's) Oriole W Kingbird Blue Thrush Cassin's Kingbird Lesser Goldfinch Cave Swallows Mammals: Striped Skunk
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Journal 90 Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, Smiles S. of San Antonio Socorro Co., New Mexico. July 9 Rene and I (Joe) Washington traveled to go through Carlsbad Caverns and to have supper at a restaurant in Carlsbad. We returned to Rattlesnake Springs at dusk to watch the emergence of fireflies, which Rene saw for the first time. We then left for home since Rene was getting homesick. We cruised at Valley of the Fires State Park near Carlsbad. We then drove to Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, astride the Rio Grande in central New Mexico. This refuge is one of tamarisk- dominated riparian habitats (with cottonwoods of "good" quality confined to the north end) and avid hunter's clucks above the floodplain. Some of the floodplain is given over to impoundments and wildfowl food crop plant- ings. This refuge is extremely popular with bird watchers at all seasons. We made loops of the tour roads both to the north and to the south from the Refuge Headquarters. We visited from 08:05 - 11:30, 45-55F. Western Clear, Right in, Orange Species list (birds only, seen): Birds: Red-shouldered Hawk - 50 American White Pelican - 76 Double-crested Cormorant - 30 Ewaerines Cormorant - 45 Least Bittern - 2 (H.O.) Great Blue Heron - 15 Great Egret - 6 Sunny Egret - 75 Little Bore Heron - 3 [Tricolored Heron - Mygauga] Cotter Egret - 20 Green-crested Heron - 15 Black-crowned Night Heron - 25 Yellow-crowned Night Heron - 1 White-faced Ibis - 146 Suns Goose - 2 (apparently cygnes) Canada Goose - 60 Green-winged Teal - 2 Mallard - 20 N. Pintail - 4 Blue-winged Teal - 7 American Teal - 50 Redhead - 10 American Wigeon - 2
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Lusher J. 1992 Journal Bandelier National Wildlife Refuge, San Juan County, New Mexico July 9 (Rest) Redhead -60 Ruddy Duck-1 Turkey Vulture -12 Red-Tailed Hawk -2 alt American Kestrel -6 Ring-necked Pheasant -45 Scaled Quail -4 Dumbell's Quail -20 Virginia Rail - 4 (H.o.) Snipe -3 (H.o.) American Crow -30 Killdeer -50 Black-Winged Stilts-25 American Avocet-20 Greenish Yellowlegs -5 Bartted Sandpiper-8 Western Sandpiper -1 Least Sandpiper -2 Louis's Steller's Eula -2 White-winged Dove -1 Morning Dove - 25 Yellow-billed Cuckoo - 2 (H.o.) Night Hawk sp -1 Beecher's Warbler -10 Ladder-backed Woodpecker-3 Black-headed Grosbeak -1 Jay's Phoebe -3 Red-tailed Flycatcher -1 W. Kingbird -18 N. Rough-winged Swallow -2 Barn Swallow -75 Varden - 1 (H.o.) American Robin -1 N. Mockingbird -6 Loggerhead Shrike -1 European Starling -6 Bell's Vireo - 1 (H.o.) Common Yellowthroat -20 Yellow-breasted Chat-2 (H.o.) Blue Grosbeak -15 Purple Sandpiper -2 Jack Snipe -2 Black-throated Sparrow -5 (H.o.) Red-winged Blackbird -65 Meadowlark sp -2 Yellow-breasted Blackbird-18 Drews-tailed Duckbill -12 Brown-headed Cowbird -40 N.(Bullock's) Oriole -3 House Finch -3 Lesser Goldfinch -6 House Sparrow -4
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Sunday, June 1992 Journal Page Springs on the Bittern River Harvey Co. Oregon. Elevation 4235 ft. July 23 I left Sacramento just after supper N. on Interstate 5, E. on Calif. State Hwy 299 to U.S. 395 in Eugene to U.S. 20 in Burns, Oregon, then Oregon State Hwy 78 to Oregon State Hwy 205 to Bendigan, then the four miles E. & S. over gravel land to the DMV campground at Page Springs. I was unable a drink straight things, so I stopped along U.S. 395 at Lake Alfred in Oregon & slept about 4 hours, so I arrived at 10:30. Pleasant day, 1970 note for better description. I returned to complete a partial sample. I set up my net at the back of Campsite #7, under a large, fruiting juniper tree. I caught two 4-inches goldfinches, I cabled in about 45 minutes. Same was surprising for American Goldfinches this year—I found only 2 and saw more. I left Page Springs at 12:35. And drove to Caldwell Idaho via U.S. 20 and Interstate 84. There I spent the night with Western Co., calm, Mrs. Car (my best men) and his wife and children. temp. 65°-75°F Species Diet: Harp: W. Tawny Lizard Birds: Turkey Vulture—2 od Red-Tailed Hawk—1 od Mourning Dove—10 N. (red-shafted) Flicker—2 W. Wood-Pewee—4 Say's Phoebe—2 Red-tailed Flycatcher—4 Tree Swallows—3 Violet-green Swallows—8 Cliff Swallows—12 Common Raven—1 (H.O.) Rock Wren—1 (H.O.) House Wren—2 American Robin—15 Green Warbler—3 Crimson-Crowned Thrush—1 (H.O.) W. Tanager—2 (H.O.) Blue-Headed Vireo—3 Rufous-sided Towhee—2 Sage Sparrow—6 Brewer's Blackbird—12 Brown-Legged Crow—8 House Finch—10 Lesser Goldfinch—15 American Goldfinch—2 (H.O.)
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TROCHET, J. 1992 Journal Cottonwood Creek, O'Neil Basin, 8 miles E. & 4 miles S. Deer's Pocket Peak, Bridger Mountains, Elko County, Nevada. Elevation 6500 ft. July 24-25 I left Caldwell at 10:30 and drove to NE Nevada via I-84 to US93 south through Twin Falls, Idaho, through Jackpot, Nevada to turnoff US. signs O'Neil Basin about 26 miles S. of jackpot on Hwy 93. I took a good gravel road NW approx 20 miles to Deemer Passel, where the road turns NNE. About 2 1/2 miles beyond the Deemer Ranch, the road crosses Cottonwood Creek. I camped here just downstream from the road crossing at a site which clearly had been similar used before. I set up the tent quickly after my 10:30 arrival under windy & threatening skies. Just to the N. Skies are clear! WNW NE 10-20 mph, Temp ~75°F, fairly humid. After tending to kids, I made a short foray downstream. A final supper after dark, to the musical accompaniment of several groups of crickets at greater & lesser distance from camp. On the morning of July 25 I made a foray 3/8 mile downstream & 3/4 mile upstream from camp. The stream drains cuts through basaltic rhyolite downstream and against a basaltic cliff upstream, 7 feet drainaged by big sagebrush. The stream itself is a meandering, slow-moving, small fish-containing water course, with several species of willows along the only large plants in the riparian zone. These are mostly continuous on two banks of the creek, mostly shrubs 5-10' tall, except 2 trees well upstream which are 20-22' tall and appeared to be black willows. Admixed with wilow is vibesprued is wild rose (Rosa) and a blue sp. More local are nettle, columbine, aster, & some other wildflowers. In the stream channel are rushes & sedges (former more common), and grasses of several types cover most of the flat lands adjacent to the stream below the level of the sagebrush feet. These flats are nicely adorned
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TROCHET, J. 1992 Journal Cottonwood Creek, O'Neil Basin, 8 miles E and 4 miles S of Devils Peak, Jenbridge Mountains, Elko County, Nevada. Elevation 6500 ft. July 24-25 with lupines & rabbitbrush, with a little snowcovered. Except in a few (crit) places, signs of heavy grazing are everywhere to be seen on the plant life, especially sagebrush in places. Cow patties are cleared everywhere. Upstream the flow is impounded in several places by Beaver dams. I saw 2 lodges also. Here especially the willows are not confined to the immediate vicinity of surface water, but spread out on the flux land below the level of the sagebrush flats. In walk this morning was from 05:10 - 10:15, when I returned for breakfast & to break camp. Weather this morning was cool, clear & clear. Temps 55°-65°F. Much less wind today. Species list (Lower Cottonwood Creek): Herb: [illegible] sp.-1 Birds: Canada Goose-6 Swallow - 14 Blew-winged/American Teal -1 Red-tailed Hawk -1/28 American Kestrel - 14 Sage Grouse - #11 Lora -1 (H.O.) Killdeer - 8 Greater Yellowlegs - 2 Spotted Sandpiper -1 Wilson's Ploverpro -6 Ring-billed Gull -2 Mourning Dove -4 Great Horned Owl -1 (H.O.) manual: Tanias sp.-5 Common Nighthawk -25 Beech-tailed Hummingbird-2(18/14) Belted Tailed Hummer - 10? Belted Kingfisher -3 (17,19, 14) N. (Red-shafted) Flicker -8 (or two?) Gray Jayosteen -3 Says Pride Horned Lark -12 N. Rough-winged Swallow-20 Cliff Swallows -110 (45 nests) Barn Swallow -2 Clark's Nutcracker - 1 (Others H.O.) Black-billed Magpie -12 Cranion Raven -4
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TROUET, J. 1982 Journal Cottonwood Creek, O'Neil Basin, Miles E., 4 miles S. of Gold Rock Peak Farbridge Elevations, Elko County, Nevada. Elevation 6500 feet. July 24-25 Rock Wren - 6 Black-bellied Puffbird - 17 (cant) Canyon Wren - 2 Lazuli Bunting - 3 (18°, 2 h.o.) House Wren - 15 Green-tailed Towhee - 1 Marine Wren - 12 Brewer's Sparrow - 165 American Robin - 8 (all h.o.) Vesper Sparrow - 7 Lage Thrasher - 30 Song Sparrow - 25 Ziggenbeck Shrike - 3 Red-winged Blackbird - 15 European Starling - 1 (1) W. Meadowlark - 12 Orange-crowned Warbler - 1 Brewer's Blackbird - 35 Yellow Warbler - 20 House Finch - 10 Common Yellowthroat - 6 Pine Siskin - 1 At 12:18 I introduced myself to Mr. Horace Smith of Cottonwood Ranch and secured permission to work the middle & upper portions of Cottonwood Creek, the latter being almost the only cottonwoods in the O'Neil Basin (there are a few in Upper Canyon Creek, next drainage E). After receiving directions, I went up to the area where the N., middle, & S. forks of Cottonwood Creek converge. There were no cottonwoods here, just discontinuous riparian vegetation, still dominated by willows, was taller & bit more complex, largely owing to the wider admixture of Rosa, which has grown often in Truckee. The willows themselves were taller, 10-18' commonly. The creek was intermittally above ground, and where it was, the riparian growth was lushest. The big sagebrush was less dense and generally smaller. In a couple places, the alvarial forbs covered far more ground than the sagebrush itself. Wildflowers included those found below. There were no beaver dams in this area. From this area one could see the upper S. fork drainage still containing the cottonwoods. To reach these, I followed
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Thurs, J. 9. 1972 Journal Cottonwood Creek, Elvair Basin, Smiles E. 3/4 miles S. of Wells Pocket Peak, Parbridge Mountains, Elko Co. Nevada. Elevation 6500 ft. July 24-25 my steps a slow ways and took a track across the creek bottom points (Crid) the slope S. of the stream. After about 1/2-2 miles, I came to a metal cattle guard at two second fence line. I did not cross the guard, but turned W. and drove the track paralleling the fence. I drove this about 2 1/2 miles, packed off the road & walked N. toward the creek ~1 mile. I crossed 2 shallow drainages before reaching the top of a long slope down to Cottonwood Creek. Then I walked right into the middle of the fenced Biological Study area in the drainage. I walked the creek for about 1/2 mile upstream to the first tell cottonwoods & creek are (3/4 mile upstream was a large copse of willows, I appeared cottonwood or aspen). From this point upstream for about 3-3 1/2 miles, the creek is continuous on the surface, and riparian growth is largely continuous, though tall trees are not. The several large cottonwood groves have trees 50-70' high, 2-3' dbh, and mostly dead tops. These large trees are all broad-leaf cottonwoods and are localized to 6-8 areas in this 3-3 1/2 miles span. The bulk of the tall riparian vegetation is willow and quaking aspen, the former commonly 15-20' tall, the latter commonly 20-40 ft. In some places the dominant plants was older, a shrub or tree 10-30' tall. Rose were common along the creek, again forming thickets, some low, some taller than me. The stream bottom was impounded repeatedly (about 25 times I saw) by beavers, and about 1/3 of these were V. substantial ponds. Most of these had visitors (in mid-afternoon') resident beavers. Lots of shrubs and wildflowers in flower, more Columbine here than below. Lots of grass, etc. The adjacent slopes had stunted sagebrush, skunked E Rosa, Klaus, and bitterbrush, and several other shrubs I can't identify. The plant cover is mostly < 2' tall. The north-facing slope has a few
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Trocket, J. 1992 Journal Cottonwood Creek O'Neill Basin 8 miles E., 5-4 miles S. of Dobs Creek Look, Garthridge Mountains, Seke Co., Nevada. Elevation 6500 feet. July 24-25 pockets of small aspens, but the pockets nearer the north of the canyon (Crout) fina while the S. fork emerged Red seven 20-30' white fire. Right at the mouth of the Canyon, on the rocky promontory guarding the S. side there still, here were 8-10 small trees of a type I couldn't identify. These had leaves like: sharp tip, and a feathery ferns. The creek gradient was about 3x total of middle & lower portions of the Creek, & flowing over gravel. From the top of the stream channel crossed, I returned to the car by inter- cesting the fence line road right at the bottom of the fordable gravel (virtually, the end of the road). A walks about 3 miles, gently downhill, back to the car. On summer, I returned to Cottonwood Ranch Headquarters, thanked Mr. Smith and left. Weather during the afternoon of July 25 was partly, mostly cloudy, nated 18:00 when skies partly cleared. Variable breezes 5mph. Temps peaked at 85°F, 65° by sundown. No precip today. Species list (upper & middle Cottonwood Creek July 25): Amphibian: Rana pretiosa -1/ I caught the one amphibian I saw) Reptile: Sceloprus sp-2 Birds: Great Blue Heron -1 imm Kildeer -3 (HO) Wellerb -18 Mourning Dove -2 Turkey Vulture -3 Cream Nighthawk -6 Red-tailed Hawk -2 ad White-throated Swift -1 Golden Eagle -1 imm Humingbird sp.-1 American Kestrel - 1♂, 2♀, 1 imm ♂ Belted Kingfisher -4 Prairie Falcon -1 Lewis Woodpecker -16 Sage Grouse -9 N. (Red-Shoulder) Flicker -25 Sandhill Crane - 1-2 (HO, F.O.) W. Wood-Pewee -2
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Jensen, B. 1992 Journal Cottonwood Creek, O'Keefe Basin, Divide E 3/4 miles S. of Devils Pocket Peak Jacoridge Mountains, Elko Co., Nevada. Elevation 6500 ft. July 24-25 Wilson's Egretan -1 (Cold) Grey Egretan -4 Jay's Breeze -2 (H.O.) Thrush Jock -8 N. Long-winged Swallow -12 Black-skies Magpie -10 Cruzon Raven -2 (H.O.) Buskit -12 Rock Wren -3 House Wren -25 Mountain Bluebird -14 Carvenin Robin -20 Sage Thrasher -1 Tryreland Shrike -1 Wooling Vires -5 Raccoon -track Skunk Track Coyote -1 seen Orange-crowned Warbler -2 Virginia's Warbler -1 Yellow Warbler -12 Mac Gillinroy's Warbler -9 W. Tanager -6 (200 of 3rd) Green-tailed Towhee -40 (almost all light was turned from blue) Roper-sided Towhee -2 Bewen's Sparrow -110 Keifer Sparrow -30 Jock Sparrow -3 (one around rock H.O.) Ang. of ament -20 Red-winged Blackbird -8 Brancio Blackbird -10 House Finca -20 American Birdfeeder -2 (10, 14.0) Brown -14 Tavies sp - many (~100) mule deer -1 antlerless & 1 buck 3pts^9pts Antilocapra -1 seen Little Colorado River 5.5 miles W. of Holbrook, Navajo Co., Arizona Elev. 5050ft. July 27-29 I arrived late last evening traveled with little stopping since leaving NE Nevada on the morning of July 25. I travelled US 83 south to Interstate 80 east to Interstate 15, south on Utah State Hwy 28, south on Utah State 24, to Utah Hwy 75, to Utah Hwy 261, to US Hwy 163, to Navajo Tribal Hwy 59, to US Hwy 191 to Chanabe, & finally Interstate 40 to Holbrook, sleeping
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Trachet, J 1992 Journal Little Colorado River 6.5 miles W of Holbrook Navajo Co Arizona Elevation 5150 ft July 27-29 visiting the Schweiners in Utah before pushing on through Capitol Reef, (CoRt) across Glen Canyon, Monument Valley, Kayenta, Mooney Farms, Chinle, Navajo, Chambers and finally to Holbrook where I spent the night in a motel. Before dawn I returned to a place on the south side of the river that I scouted during my 19 visit, one mile downstream from my first field site. This place is reached by going west from Holbrook 10 miles to Joseph City, S across river at Wonderland Zone, to junction t a paved road coming from S. Holbrook, turn left onto this road, back track- ing a short distance E as a dirt road going NE to a grove of cottonwoods visible in the distance. Riverenda map: JOSEPH CITY-3 MILES N TO JOSEPH CITY WILLIAMS X-NET SITES TAMARISK GRAVE LITTLE COLORADO R. COTTONWOODS COTTOWOODS PAVED ROAD- WAISH DIRT ROAD HOLBROOK-6.5 MILES OSCT TRAIL (PARALLELS A FENCE) 1 MILE TO HOLBROOK This area is a plain sloping gently to the south bank of the Little Colorado River, with a wash leaving intermittent surface water roughly, running parallel to the dirt road access to this wide grove. When the wash drains into the river, there is a grove of fairly large tamarisks, The grove extending away from the river some 70 yards along the wash, and scattered trees even farther. Upstream from the wash is a grove of mostly medium size cottonwoods (20-35') of about 3/8 mile in extent. The grove has a pretty understory of tamarisk, crypta willow, cresta-berry, and a few wildflowers. There are scattered large cottonwoods (40-45'), tamarisks (20-25') in the upriver grove & along the lower section of the wash. Otherwise, the vegetation is usual shrubs, mostly 2-5' tall, inclu-
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Tractet, J. 1992 Journal Little Colorado River 6.5 miles W of Holbert, Navajo Co., Arizona. Elev. 5050 ft. July 27-29 dug New Mexico Olive (esp. near large cottonwoods), winterfat, saltbush, and a (crick) thorny clover-like plant. I sun threws in the sun & more leaves in the shade. A bit of grass grows almost everywhere, but is dead now in the shade of some of the large cottonwoods. This area is more degraded than the upstream grove I worked before, but there are lots of goldfinches here this year and I didn't have to hike in long distance from my nets. Plus, I can camp in the shade! I had my nets all set up by 07:30. I caught many birds today (incl. 60-70 Virginis's Warblers), but one two goldfinches. I closed nets at 19:50. July 27. Weather today was clear all day here, though clouds, some acc'd to rain, were visible in every direction, with more rain to S, ESE, & SWest 40 miles away. There were also heavy clouds toward the San Francisco peaks, but I didn't see any rain. Temperatures 65-72-78°F, winds variable, mostly <5mph. Not very humid here. On July 28, I ran among nets all morning, with far fewer birds captured today. I caught 4 goldfinches, but closed my nets at 13:15, since I fell ill with gastroenteritis. I slept the afternoon away except when I had to puke a crop, which was too often. Weather July 28 was much like yesterday, without many clouds in the distance except around Humphrey's Peak. Light afternoon W winds at 5 mph. Temperatures 65-75-80°F. On July 29, I woke up feeling pretty good, after a bad night. I saw my 20th goldfinch fly into my first net while opening up its second, and given my record lastly, I decided that 20 birds would be an ended my day at 07:20. I packed up and hit the Autostate by 09:15. Weather July 29, early morning was clear & calm, temp 65-70°F. It was a bit more humid than yesterday early.
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June, July 1992 Journal Little Colorado River 6 miles W of Holbrook, Navajo Co., Arizona Elevation 5050 ft. July 27-29 species list: (crit) Rept: Cnemidophorus sp. Birds: Turkey Vulture N. mockingbird Swainson's Hawk -1 at 7/27 Plainspoodle Red-tailed Hawk Warbling Vireo Killdeer Orange-crowned Warbler Spotted Sandpiper Virginias Warbler Mourning Dove Yellow Warbler Common Nighthawk Mac Gillmore's Warbler Black-chinned Hummingbird Common Yellowthroat N. (Red-shafted) Flicker W. Vangor W. Wood-Pewee Black-capped Grosbeak Black Phoebe Blue Grosbeak Say's Phoebe Lazuli Bunting Red-throated Loctatus Veaser Sparrow W. Kingbird Jack Sparrow Bark Swallows Brown Leaded Grouse Cliff Swallows N. (Bullock's) Oriole Barn Swallow Scotts Oriole Common Raven House Finch Beewicks Wren Lesser Goldfinch American Robin Mammals (all track only) mice Racoon Lepidid Stunk Boar Cavia sp. Equus Robert
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TRECHET, J.A. 1971 Lesser Goldfinch Carduelis psaltria Santa Ysabel Kern River Wildlife Area, 3 miles N.W. of Weldon, Kern Co., California. Elevation 2500 ft. July 15 found Lesser and Lawrence's goldfinches swimming together. Today, on the west (cont.) end of the riparian vegetation, I found 3 American goldfinches. Having earlier found both Lesser & Lawrence's goldfinches here, I note that this woodland is the first I've found with all members of the subgenus Carduelinae present. I cannot see any difference in behavior noted by Lesser & Lawrence's pair, though the latter is less numerous here and more patchily distributed in the stretches of riparian woodland with large trees, where they do not exclude Lesser goldfinches. The three American goldfinches, all males, two together & a singer this sun later, were all in the saplings at the western margin of the woodland, where the E shore of Lake Isabella would be uninhibited for too drought. Washington Ranch, adjacent to Lettsworth Springs portion of Carlsbad Caverns National Park, Eddy Co., New Mexico. Elevation 3650 feet July 31 On July 29, there were about 120 Lesser goldfinches near & at adjacent Lettsworth Springs (a fence divide fairly continuous hatched). Yesterday, there were about 60 goldfinches. Today, I could find only about 30. But today, as with both preceding days, there are lots of goldfinches singing, many fights & clashes between males and between females. If goldfinches were observed as 2 or 3 pairs. There is every evidence that breeding is continuing here, and by several pairs. I can be certain of only one pair, however, who are attending a nest (? sitting quietly most of the last 2 days) 10-11 feet up in a hackberry in a mixed deciduous open outside the SW boundary fence of the Ranch. The male of this pair is about 75% black-backed. About 30% of adults were apparently entirely black-backed (but we cannot tell X in the field), the remainder (save about 10%) mixed black & gray backs, tending
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Leon Dredfird Carduelis pusillus Washington Ranch adjacent to Rattlesnake Spring within 7 Carlsbad Caverns National Park, Eddy Co., New Mexico. Elevation 3650 feet. Jul 31 more toward Rock-Sacks. (cont) I heard one singing bird at Washington Ranch this morning include a cupie pheasess which, to my ear, seemed derived from Orchard Oriole (Icterus spurius). Curiously, species for Reed goldfinch mimic, Orchard Oriole has not been personally detected before.
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TRACHET, JOHN 1991 Ambystoma tigrinum Tiger Salamander Dorritter Ranch, 3/4 mile downstream of confluence of the Apache & Mora Rivers, Mora Co., New Mexico. Elevation 680 ft. June 28 Right after it quit raining, about 22:15, I got up to urinate. Stepping across the dirt road behind my tent was an Ambystoma, initially looking more like a fish flopping around than a salamander. It measured 9.4 cm SV length. Striking was its almost total lack of pattern. The animal was entirely greyish-olive (in my floodlight beam) and had only the faintest mottling, not what I expected from a Tiger Salamander.
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TROCHET, JOHN. 1991 Corporal Hawk Recipient Corporal BLM land along Cut Creek, 1 mile E. of Camp Rover adjacent to Dinosaur National Monument (Grassy Section), Uinta Co., Utah. Elevation 5000 feet. June 16 I found a nest of this species 18 feet up deep in the interior of a 28-foot cottonwood meta actually placed in a 40 yard stretch of riparian gallery woodland, this as a result of an adult (prob ?) carrying in a fork item. This food item was a Cnemidophorus sayardi brought in from and buscleback to the south of Cut Creek. I saw what was probably the same bird also carrying a whiptail lizard on the other coming in from the west buscleback. Morning of June 14. These lizards, as ranges indicated in Stebbins' field guide, must be Cnemidophorus tigris.
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Jules J.A. 1991 Yellow-breasted Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus South Fork Kern River Wildlife Area, between W of Walden and Gr. California Elev. 2500 ft. July 18 In the grass riparian growth (all eyes red or dead), below Stephen Jayson near the W limit of the riparian woodland area, I found 5 cuckoos today. This "subgroup" barely equals the number known for the remainder of the valley's woodland (7). The population here, one of the less in the state, is in serious decline, too. July 18 Stephen Jayson confirmed the presence of at least 5 cuckoos at the far W end of the riparian woodland, and found our nest with 2 young, which he shares one in the varying rays of sunlight. The further lies fairly over defined the territory limits of a second pair. The nest itself was a rather poorly constructed platform about 7"s feet up in a small cottonwood overlooking an unnamed "railway" running NE-SW through the woodland. The sides of the grass were visible at nests edge, & with some effort the outlines of the birds could be seen through the bottom of the nest, reminiscent of windowpanes in the mind; the branch supporting the nest described a considerable arc, but the young birds seemed quite unaware. We did not linger long, for Stephen said the adults are feeding them out at very frequent intervals.
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Juncos, jun 1991 Ladder-backed Woodpecker Picoides scalaris Blackrock Borge, Zuni Indian Reservation, 3/4 mile E. of Blackrock, McKinley Co., New Mexico. Elevation 6435 feet. June 20 In the company of Al Schaefer, I found a Ladder-backed Woodpecker in the mid-section of this extensive cottonwood-willow woodland. It is the first one for me. It was a female woodpecker, clinging against the side of a small Cottonwood, perched up on its stiff tail, small chisel-like gray bill, hard red crown, dark eye, off-white face & dark outline to auricular area; blackish hindneck; "Ladder-back," i.e. alternating horizontal bars of white & very dark brown & flecked, lily-croets of faded very dark brown, & conspicuous white spots. Faded foreax feathers also dark brown, with white markings arranged as irregular white lines across folded wing. Midwing feathers all dark broadly; littoral 2-3 feathers whitish, indistinctly barely barred & flecked. Vertically, bird was pale buff. Throat unmarked, head & sides spotted, only lightly spotted on crest. Legs red & gray. Call & whiny & stuttering quality of Nuttall's Woodpecker. This is the first record W. of continental divide locally. I suspect that this bird did cross the divide from the small population on the SE side of the Zuni Mountains. It is, I guess, possible that the bird originated in the Grand Canyon country & came up the Little Colorado River & Zuni River drainages. They could be the same subspecies, regardless of their Sonoran or Chihuahuan Desert origin.
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TROCHET, JOHN 1991 Grey Vireo Vireo vicinior Clow Ranch adjacent to Quarry Section of Dinosaur National Monument, Utah Co, UTAH. Elevation 5000 ft. June 14 During my walk upslope to the S. or SW. end S. of Clow Ranch Camp site, I heard a singing male. This was about 3/4 mile south of my tent in open juniper habitat in somewhat broken terrain. The song is familiar to me, with phrases higher pitched, lacking the terminations and more rapidly delivered, compared to Plumbeous Vireo. I did not try pursue the bird for visual confirmation. This seems perhaps considered further north than the usual limits of summer distribution for Vicinior.
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TROCHET, JOHN 1991 Lesser Goldfinch Carduelis psaltria Crew Ranch, adjacent to Quarry Station of Dunbar National Monument (Unit No. 214) Elevation 5000 ft. June 15 At 06:55 this morning I saw a ? fo into a cottonwood (8'dbl, 22' high) on N. extremity of a small grove (A-10 trees) about 30' up drainage from my mist net. It climbed amongst some leaves about 15' above ground and seemed quickly to disappear. I approached to find her in a nest built on a shallow clotus created by the terminal radiation of three groups of pistoles. I walked to a position on top of the low canyon wall and stood from a distance of 40 feet near to simultaneously feeding of this bird by two ?'s, one malely black on the back mostly the other appearing green-backed. The dark-backed bird fed the female first, immediately followed by the green-backed bird. The former flew out. I noticed not which direction was taken, while the latter fed the female. It's was at 07:06; [illegible] this was repeated at 07:14 and 07:32, and always the black-backed bird fed the female first. What was fed I could not say, because two males screened most of the nest. I alerted all of the sitting bird when they came to the nest. The males remained away from the nest at least until 08:15, when I left to check open canies with elkheres in this canyon riparian setting on the south part of the road. I practiced one mist net and pair of fudges birds almost unbunted to the nest, but through 17:00 I caught none of the three. At 14:20 I shot both males at the nest, the surely black-backed bird being come in about 25 seconds before the second male. As soon as the second male came in, I shot, and killed both. The female fed the nest, but was also successfully shot when she returned 18 min later. The nest had six eggs and eggs. I have seen goldfinch three elsewhere (Washington Ranch, Eddy Co., New Mexico and Blackrock Bosque, Zuni Reservation, McKinley Co., New Mexico, some right by said), but I never suspected a feeding menace to this! John Tt
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TROCHET, JOHN 1991 Lesser Goldfinch Carduelis psaltria Bld land along Cut Creek, 1 mile E. of Clear Ranch adjacent to Quarry section of Dinosaur National Monument, Uinta Co., Utah. Elevation 5000 ft. June 16 At 18:09 I was about to shoot an apparent green-backed male sitting on a wire 20 feet above the ground when another male goldfinch came out of the field directly underneath the bird perched on the wire. This second bird few past me to the riparian zone along Cut Creek 30 yards to the south. I turned towards to see the bird on the wire drop into a scraggly, 4' tall grassweed plant, one of five grassweeds standing well above the grey-green, 8-12" pretty unknown (texas) species of bush. At, try, emerged from the site (maybe 12-15 seconds after landing there) and flew to the riparian zone. I walked to the grassweed and found the female sitting (closely) on her nest, not fleeing in front, until I was 2-3 inches from touching her. The nest was in the densest clump of leaves on the plant, six inches from its top. The three eggs were all ovaloid eggs. I positioned a mist net near the nest. At 18:50 the first males returned to the sitting and having fewed forward with the other male on the wire above, he flew out away from the nest and was not captured. He appeared to be sleek-backed. The green-backed one dropped to the nest briefly and also flew out away from the net (which was positioned between two nearby Cut Creek). I walked to the opposite side of the nest where I might place the bird into the net. At 19:11, the males few back together and landed on the wire. The sleek-backed bird dropped down to the nest after a wait of about 45 seconds. I changed the net and fewed the male into the net. The green backed one still sat on the wire, and the female still on the nest. After I retreated to cover 25 yards away, the green-backed one few down from its perch directly into the mist net. I succeeded in netting the female as well. I have found only 2 nests here - both attended by 2 adults (6) & / /. In both nests the sleek-backed one took precedence at the nest. I am also aware of any literature including lesser goldfinch away
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ROCHET, JOHN 1991 Jasen Goldfirth Cakulis poastria BLM land along Cat Creek 1 mile E of Chuck Rock, adjacent to quarry section of Dinosaur National Monument, Uinta Co., Utah. Elevation 5060 ft. June 16 species known to have pelage on the nest. If the many Green Goldfirth (cont) Nests I have found, mostly as grain, New Mexico, none was noted to have other than one male & one female; though recently, at least some past years, have been "clumped" in distribution within Blackrock Bosque. The nest itself had an outside diameter of 10.5 x 9.0 cm; the nest cavity measurewd 4.5x 4.2 cm. The cavity was recessed about 2.8 or below the rim. There were three layers of concentric circles of plant materials. The outerest was outermost and made of plant stems about 1/2-2 mm diameter, was darkly gray. The middle was made of coarse grass. The innerbird woven layer was a mix of fine grass stems & a bit of honeckerkin. Padding top over cotton but not really woven in were tufts of plant down and one tuft of wool. The nest margin incorporated 4 glanceswood branches peripherally and was supported by the branching of about 5 mm diameter twigs. Canyon Creek City, Fremont County, Colorado. Elevation 5332 feet. June 18 This is the tentative type locality for the species, and of the montana race, usually considered to be a black-backed male race. Of five birds I found live today, one was not well seen, one was a female, and three were adult males, one of which was black-backed; One bird was partly black-backed (~40%), the other 2 appeared entirely green-backed. South Fork Kern River Wildlife Area, 3 miles W of Wolson, Kern Co. California. Elevation 2500 ft. July 10 I have been to several places hosting summering Lesser Green Goldfirths during my field work, and a cozy place came to mind (near Jacumba, San Diego Co.) in the Carino River Valley, Monterey Co.) when I have
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Gerald J.A. 1992 Shotted Owl Ciccara nigata Batoncrom Tract, Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge, adjacent to Guadalupe County Park / near SW Guengaro Hidalgo St., Texas April 25 About 10:30, crossing a well-wooded shallow drainage I had pre- viously traversed, a small owl popped up from the depths of a thicket of mostly leafless limbs and settled for about 10 seconds on one of these limbs about five feet above ground level, facing directly toward me. I froze, facing directly to owl, perched 25 feet away. I drew a blank on the bird's identification. An earless owl with dark eyes, streaked brown, brought Barred Owl to mind, but this was quickly discounted because of the obvious small size. The bird began turning its head about 7 seconds after I first saw it, to the right, and flew off to its right and then away from me, quickly putting several tree trunks between us as it flew about 8-10 ft above the ground. I looked at the bird with binoculars only after it turned its head, not while we stared at each other. This was a bird that seemed larger than a Screech-Owl and much smaller than a Barred Owl, but no birds could be compared directly for size. The shape was large-headed and stocky bodied, but the tail was resting on another limb and not seen until in flight. The bird lacked ears and was mostly brown, contrasting with white circumfacial bordering of the facial discs. The white border appeared weakest or perhaps incomplete in the superior-lateral portions. Above the bills between the eyes crossed a whitish "X", not so golden (contrastly) as the facial disc margin. The facial discs were light to light-soft streaked with white sinuous from around dark brown eyes. The remainder of the head was medium brown. The bill was a sort of neutral color, not standing out as dark or light, but I didn't see it well. The upper breast and belly were mostly whitish, streaked with brown, more heavily streaked on the sides of the breast. An incomplete (weakly complete) brown band crossed the mid-to-lower breast. I recall
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TRACHET, JOHN 1992 mottled Owl Cicceta virgata Sanibularn Trout, Rio Grande Valley, National Wildlife Refuge, adjacent to Camaldusa County Park, 1 mile SW Granjeno Ridges Cr., Texas. April 26 nothing of the legs and feet. When the bird turned its head, I got my binoculars up to see the head in 3/4 profile, then the head in full profile. The bird then cocked its neck forward and took flight. In this view I saw that the head was fairly finely speckled with buffy or off white, and similarly and more coarsely marked on the folded wings and back. The tail, of "mottled" owl proportion, had 4-5 whitish bands crossing the brown base color. No voice was given. I have seen mottled Owl before, in Costa Rica, and this bird was much paler ventrally than those birds. I would like to report this finding, but I have an application to work at Bexar National Wildlife Refuge pending, and I might jeopardize that if it becomes known I was here in a "closed to the public" parcel.
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Lucas, J.D. 1972 Lesser Goldfinch Carduelis psaltria National Audubon Society Sabal Palm Grove Sanctuary, 7 miles SE intersection of U.S. Highways 77 & 281 in Brownsville, Cameron Co. Texas. Elevation 25 feet. April 26 For the first time in eight summer trips to the Lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas, I found Lesser Goldfinches. And they are present in numbers. I found 14 birds around the Headquarters building & parking lot, plus five more on trails near the E. side of the property. The only checklist I have handy is from Santa Ana National Wildlife Refuge, which, like this year, borders the Rio Grande, but upstream, S. of Brownsville, Texas. This list indicates that Lesser Goldfinches are seen at intervals of 2-5 years in winter. Now are not any breeding season records, based on the checklist and on asking the refuge manager a few years ago. I saw 8 smaller birds. They all appeared to have a solidly black, glossy dorsal coloration. I asked for permission to collect specimens, and surprisingly was not denied immediately, but when I explained my sampling scheme, I was turned down. The sanctuary manager is Rose Farmer. She kindly went through her records to confirm her recollection of proven nesting in 1971. She found a nest in a tree just SW of the Headquarters on June 28, 1971. The notes did not record contents, for she recalls meeting being fed on that date. She attributes the appearance and return of Lesser Goldfinches to altered agricultural practices. It seems the fields N & E of the Sanctuary have been grown to millet the last couple years. This year apparently, there have been two aborted nesting efforts. One nest was completed behind the Headquarters building, but was abandoned for reasons unknown. Another was started about 50 yards S. of Headquarters but was dismantled as it neared completion. It was uncertain whether the nesting material was being stolen, or the pair reassessing the nest elsewhere.
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Locker, John 1992 Lesser Goldfinch Carduelis psaltria Armatary Ranch 2 miles E. of Armatary, Kenedy Co. Texas. Elevation 20 feet. May 10 Particularly after the reinforcement of yesterday's extensive tour of the ranch property, I must note the distribution goldfinches on the Rattles. At this season, there are no flocks. Except at the water hole in the mosquito area near my camp, when I saw two pairs coming to drink April 27 and again April 28, I saw goldfinches only in pairs or two pairs singing in territorial disputes. In such disputes, males chased one another & females me, females. Even where live oak woodland is quite extensive, goldfinches are not numerous there. The only woodland in which I found more than one pair roughly triangular (I think only two pairs) was about 110 meters x 70 meters x 85 meters. I am not certain why the oaks are so well divided up, though fences or flow rubs appear to be the most important food at this time. In any event, by comparison to oak woodland in California, and certainly compared to riparian settings in the arid Southwest, these goldfinches are very over-dispersed. This was really brought home on the ranch tour yesterday, when almost every woodland of Virginia Live Oaks had a single singing pair goldfinch audible, with only heard at any distance (70-100 meters or greater) if at all. Some oak woodlands had no audible goldfinches, and most of those were small. Not even the largest woodland had 2 singing pairs. Even though yesterday's weather was overcast, song activity was considerable almost all morning, and not only for goldfinches, so I don't think these observations are skewed seriously by undetected silent goldfinches.
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Luray John 1992 Ocelot Leus pardalis Big Bend Ranch State Natural Area, 20 miles E of Presidio, Presidio Co., Texas May 24 At 08:00, an ocelot bounded into view as I was recording a protecting Bell's Vireo from the mist not within the thorn forest at Los Cerritos. It froze briefly, then darted into the dense understory from which it emerged. It was in view for less than 2 seconds. The cat was about 20
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