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392.
Yellowstone National Park
Aug. 9.
This evening about 6:00 PM we
saw a Great Gray Owl in the
meadows about 1/2 mile east of
Square Lake. The owl was in plain
view, standing among the grass
of the meadow. We watched it
for about 4 minutes, during which
time it perched on various stiles
and posts, swooped once to the
ground as though after a grouse,
or mouse in the grass, apparently
got nothing, and finally flew
to a clump of trees too far away
to see.
About 10:00 o'clock this evening
we heard Great Horned Owls
hooting out on the parade ground
at Mammoth.
Aug. 14, 1933
This afternoon, from 4:00 to 7:00
we were at Swan Lake. A pair of
Trumpeter Swans has nested on
the lake this year, for the first
time in many years, and has
been seen with 3 cygnets. We
think it may be a young pair
nesting for the first time, perhaps
the pair seen there last summer
in July & then seen mating at