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May 31st, Caught a young Oregon Jemco
just out of the nest in a "gur-whizz" trap,
This is very early for this region, Moll Harbor,
June 1st, Shot a Robin. It was with two others
and seemed to be a migrant. Have noticed
no others near this camp.
June 2. A porpoise brought by fisherman
appears to be a Phocaina, but not communis.
I think it was a female, but did not dissect.
Its length was 1740 mm.; pectoral fin 215;
dorsal fin 170; breadth of caudal 415; I
photographed it. Bittjohn saved the skull
June 9. Came in yesterday from a four day
trip to the lakes. Saw a considerable beaver
work. Dams were very frequent in some of the
small streams, often raising the water so that it
reached the next dam above. Some of the dams
were quite old. I saw some embankments over-
grown with trees, that were washed away by the
stream so that the pond was dried. Other old
dams that appeared to be uninhabited were
still kept in repair. Probably these were used
by one or more beavers in winter, who went
elsewhere in summer. We saw fresh cuttings
in many places along the lake beaches,