Thompson Bandelier March 28, 1934. Once it flew to the supposed nest site and it sounded as though two birds were making a sort of churring noise together. Possibly the other was on the roof. Three cottontails were seen during the day. Several ravens, red-shafted flickers, and numerous passerines not recorded. Few porcupine scars were seen. Fry, the concessioner, has poisoned & killed them at every opportunity in past years. They cannot possibly be abundant in the monument. A few coyote tracks were seen, but not many. Perhaps twice during the day. Predator animal control is practiced in the Santa Fe National Forest surrounding the monument, and there are numerous private grants of great extent adjacent & near to the monument. Cougars have been killed in the forest for years according to local report. They are now probably scarce. No water was flowing in Alamo, and there was no sign of beaver habitation there. I doubt that beavers are ever more than sporadic here. There is a dense stand of douglas fir in Alamo.