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Bowman
1952.
Journal.
34.
Aug. 31. 6 mi. S. Bernalillo, 5500 ft., Sandoval Co., N. Mexico
After small Scophiopus foods began to appear everywhere, almost spontaneously. Blue Laundry #
& collected 10+ around camp, hardly without effort.
Two very large ?? animals were taken at the edge of
gravelly
the irrigation ditch on sandy soil. One smaller
animal seen in the water. The following temperatures
were obtained:
Species.
Temp.
Time
Conditions
Pileolated Warbler
38.0°C
6:40 AM.
dead 20 sec.
Yellow Warbler (#)
41.1°C
7:06 AM
dying
Pileolated Warbler
40.6°C
8:25 AM
dying
Pileolated Warbler
40.2°C
8:30 AM.
dead 20 sec.
Grace Warbler
41.0°C
8:45 AM.
dead 10 sec.
Grace Warbler
40.5°C
9:10 AM.
dead 2 sec.
Solitary Vireo.
41.8°C
9:20 AM.
alive.
Set out 35 Museum Specials along wash east of camp.
I scraped the gravel wash smooth before placing trap
in order to detect trocts. Traps placed at approx. 10 ft
intervals regardless of whether or not a suitable place
existed.
Sept. 1. 6 mi. S Bernalillo, 5500 ft., Sandoval Co., New Mexico
Captured 1 Perognathus sp and one tail of latter, 2 others snapped
and one dregged trap. Had disturbed the soil before setting each
trap & baited with oatmeal. Many trocts around traps even
though not sprung. Heavy migration of warblers during
morning (one flock of 7 seen to alight in cottonwood grove
by camp at 7:00 AM). From 7:30 AM to 10:00 AM initial load of