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Tropson
108
Carlsbad Cavern Trip.
Guadalupe, Big Canyon.
Trip with Sigon Wright.
April 24, 1931.
Coyotes are in the outs. Sigon
has seen them band together
(2-3 or 4) to pull down full grown
bucks in winter. He says they
will simply run the deer till
it is wifled, & then kill it.
A few Mt. Lions remains.
There are also Ring-tailed cats,
Bob-cats, Gray Hogs, Black
Bears, Chimples, Mearles, Rocke
Squirrels. The Grizzly Bear
used to be in the region but
is now extinct.
Birds seen in the canyon:
1. Turkey Buzzard
2. Golden Eagle
3. Ferrawson Hawk
4. Burrowing Owl (outside canyon)
5. Kingbird,
6. Saddle Quail
7. Mourning Dove
8. Canyon Towhee
9. Rocke Hen
10. Cavyon H'ren
11. Linjet
12. Cactus H'ren
13 Spotted Owl (plentiful, but saw none)