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Journal
Borell
1964 Ojosajuna 5200ft. Chihuahua Mex
May 5
There is a small pool (ojo) about
beside our trailer.
20x20 feet. It is in the center of
4 large cottonwoods and is surrounded
by an adobe wall 3-4 ft high. The site
is an attraction to birds but I
have added with attraction by
putting oat meal, toast, fruit sauce,
wheat and bird seed. The latter is
cheap in Chihuahua. Yesterday I got the
idea of putting a brush pile
near the water and within good
any range of the adobe wall.
The brush pile definitely and almost
immediately improved the site
for collecting birds that formerly
drank and left promptly or
flew at the slightest disturbance
now loiter around the brush pile
or take refuge in it when disturbed
thus offering an opportunity to collect
the desired individuals.
The wind blew very hard
last night and is still blowing -
however the night was the
warmest to-date- 60°F at 6.30 am
*over