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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