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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