Cade 956 General Account - Scioto River 24 July - Up at 0800. Ran traps around 1000 and spent rest of morning skiving, afternoon skiving and writing up notes. Took photos of the transect and also two photos of trap sites with Eremurus slic. in the traps, Went down to the river with Kovanda in the afternoon and we looked around and collected some plants, Ran the transect again in the evening. 25 July - To bed ca 0100 and up at 0930. Ran the transect and spent rest of morning and early afternoon skiving and writing up notes. - Several spotted sandpipers seen along the river. - Four long-tailed jaegers flying over the transect in early morning. Ravens present locally at cee times. Helped Kovanda run his transect in the bottom land in the afternoon, and then ran my transect again after dinner. Around 2300 saw a wolf - big adult - about 60 yds below camp. Shot at him with .22, missed, and he ran to the river as fast as he could. Wolf tracks seen early along an old meander of the river and a skull of one was found by Kovanda. To bed at 2400. Saw several Clem. piqui's along the river? 26 July - Up at 0800. Ran traps in morning, wrote up notes, and helped Kovanda with his transects. We walked over to the uplands west of lake in the afternoon. Saw a gyrfalcon ca 100 yds S. of camp at edge of lake. It was carrying a mouse. Stopped on a typtock at bank of lake and began eating. As we approached it flew off and circled up and down over us. Saved three times it bent its head down and bit the mouse in its talons. It drifted 5 yds an area where two jaegers were flying. Suddenly, a much smaller falcon (peregrine?) dived at the gyrfalcon from above. It did not injure it. It flew for some 10meters while I watched through binocs. Both seemed reluctant to flip over as usual. Both falcons flew out of sight. 6-7 old squacco on the lake 9 scoup and 3 crows on the lake. K saw a pair of young pternistigas - flying - below camp, I flushed 2 &1 and one cock in vicinity of camp. Several Ocarthis boonei along river in willows. Took up traps in the evening. Andy arrived about 2000, and we broke camp. Left at Union around 2330.