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Borwein
1952.
38.
Journal
Sept. 4
6 mi. E. Truchas, 10,000 ft., Rio Arriba Co., New Mexico.
Temp. at 5:45 AM (MST) in shade (at sunrise) 41.0° F. Picked
up 40 Museum specimens set along stream, under alder
and aspen, 4 in open field under fir & aspen, 4 along
marshy meadow along felled aspen & living fir. One
Sorex sp. taken 2 ft. from stream at base of aspen. One
Microtus sp. taken at base of alder in wet meadow.
One chipmunk snapped at base of roll fence. From
6:50 AM to 9:30 AM. hiked along streamside & along
crest of surrounding slopes, in a circumference
around camp of about 2 miles. Observed the following:
Steller Jay, Ruby-crowned Kinglet (107), Mt. Chickadees,
Blue Warbler, Paleolated Warbler, Townsend Warbler,
House Wren, Red-shafted Flicker, Raven, Clark's
Nutcracker, 1 White-breasted Nuthatch, many gopher
diggers, Chipmunk (numerous) Golden-mantled
Ground Squirrel, Canada Jay. Warblers were most
abundant in aspen groves & also noted in older
thickets. Could not detect any pronounced N→S or
down Mt. slope (E→W) migration. Chickadees were
particularly abundant in one locality of Douglas Fir,
where 3 were seen 'scolding' at one time. The following
temperatures were obtained:
Species Temp: Time Conditions
House Wren 39.4°C 7:50 AM dead 15 sec.
Townsend Warbler 40.5°C 8:25 AM dead 10 sec.
Paleolated Warbler 41.2°C 8:30 AM dead 3 sec.
Saw one Chipmunk 15 ft. high in a Douglas Fir tree.