Field notes, v543
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Bowman 1952. 36. Journal. Sept. 1. 6 mi. S. Bernalillo, 5500 ft., Sandoval Co., New Mexico in the moonlight to fly back forth under the cottonwoods for a period of opport. ½ hr. Stomach analysis of the owl shot on Aug. 31. revealed exclusively grosshoppers. No mice were caught below the area being hunted by the owl. Sept. 2. Santa Fe, 7000 ft., Santa Fe Co., New Mexico Caught one Perognathus flavus in set of 30 Museum Specs. Many Warblers migrating through Cottonwood this morning. S. O. Hendry shot the following species: Yellow Warbler, Townsend Warbler + Phleosticta Warbler. At 10:00 A.M. I "flogged" the bus to Albuquerque where I met Dr. D.C. Pearson at the Railroad Station. After cashing Dr. A.H. Miller's cheque for $200.00 ($2.35 telegraph bill) picked up truck & proceeded back to Bernalillo campsite where we loaded a raised comp. & the 3 of us drove to Santa Fe. [Insert.-- visited Mr. Adrian Bierrell, former MVZ student & now regional director of the Soil Conservation Service]. Camped 1 mile N. of Santa Fe. amongst Pinons. Heard one Horned Owl "hooting" about 8:30 p.m. Full moon tonight. S.O. Hendry shot several Museum Specs. below Pinons on very gravelly - sandy soil. Sept. 3. 5 mi. E. Truchas, 10,000 ft., Rio Arriba Co., New Mexico Left Santa Fe after 10:00 A.M. having conferred with U.S. Park Service & U.S. Nat. Forest Service officials about a suitable compsite high in the Sangre de Cristo mts. saw a flock of 30+ Pinon Jays at campsite 1 mile N. of Santa Fe in a.m. and 2 Roveys. S.O. Hendry caught Peromyscus