Field journal, v4159
Page 405
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Tompson To Trumpeter Lake 238 Yellowstone June 6, 1932. At Trumpeter Lake, where Griswold has been stationed for 3 days, one swan was on the nest at 12:30 PM and the other one was feeding nearby. The swan on the nest left it about 5 minutes after our arrival. Griswold reported that the third swan (possibly last year's surviving young one) had visited the lake 2 or 3 times. To Trumpeter Lake June 7, 1932 Leaving Mammoth at 3:30 PM I saw an adult black bear by the church. This is the first bear live seen in Mammoth this spring, although they were here before I arrived. (See note of E.M.H.) Rain had been falling all day & most of the night previously. The swans were at their usual posts (one on the nest, one feeding nearby) when I arrived at 4:30 PM, and until 8:30 PM, when I left the lake. Antelope and elk were feeding everywhere in the meadows. Later in the evening many of them were bedded down in the opening, apparently heedless of the rain. From 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM I covered the moraine country between the