Field notes, v510
Page 537
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Belle 1934. 242 Spruger Spring, 7000 ft., Int. Irish Lincoln Co., Nevada Sept. 27, 1934. I obtained a pair of Titmouses. After lunch I shot an Audubon Warbles. This was a young 8 and it spent several seconds chasing a large white moth around in the air. I don't think it obtained its intended prey. Shot one more Spotted Towhee and a pair of Chickadees. These latter birds seemed to sound close yet would be half a block away. For three hours I hunted the Pinos and Junipers around the saddle and down the next two canyons not seeing a single bird to shoot. The birds most noticeably attracted by the water are Onion Jays in great flocks of a hundred to two hundred; Townsend Solitaries - 20 or 3 usually being seen around the tank; White-crowned Sparrows - very abundant in the tank region. A flock of Western Bluebirds that flew into camp one afternoon may have been attracted. Sept. 28, 1934 Left the spring at 6:00 A.M. headed for Las Vegas. Called in at the Thiriot Ranch out of Fico. The boys haven't done any mounting