Field notes, v541
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7 Journal Ojo Sagina, Chihuahua, Mexico March 5. Cold wind all last night and all of today. Temp 35° at 7 am . 55° at 1 P.M. Took trip with Sr. Gutierrez to Ojo Saguna Station, on the railroad 5 mi. E. Of Ojo(Springs) where we are located. There is considerable water in the big Laguna but it is muddy, salty and too exposed on a cold windy day for birds. New and less common birds: Bobmed Sarks - 30 Drag ducks - 6 first seen. Cinnamon Teal-16birds 34. (Collected) Bald pato-1 Brown Towhee - 2 Cactus wren - 2 No major change in bird observed just few days. Brewer Sparrows still here in large numbers. Squint - 3 Scallop Gual - 30 in flock near camp. First seen. Mammals Raccoon - caught one in steel trap but it Tangled traps (1½) around post and pulled free. 7 traps in marsh caught - 0.