Bowman 1952. Journal. 40. Sept. 4. 6 mi. E Truchas, 10,000 ft., Rio Arriba Co., New Mexico. Set out Museum Speciale along stream (aspen & alder) and in open meadow alongside felled aspen & live fir. Using chewed oatmeal bait. Dr. O.P. Pearson left his traps setting all day today & caught several microtus He also trapped several pocket gophers. Stuart Landry & Pearson both trapped Red-backed mice last evening. Sept. 5. 6 mi. E Truchas, 10,000 ft., Rio Arriba Co., New Mexico. Picked-up traps at 6:40 AM. Caught 5 mice, with 3 other traps sprung; 1 Peromyscus intermedius (?) taken along edge of felled aspen, where soil is dampish, but with no standing water [see photo 3/5]; 1 Microtus longicaudus at base of Douglas Fir tree; 3 Peromyscus moniculatus (1 male + 2 sub-adults) in various open areas, & at base of stump. From 7:00 AM to 9:00 AM noted the following animals while hiking downhill from camp along roadway for ½ mile (to an elevation of an estimated 9500 ft. - Chickadee (mb.), Steller's Jay (shot one), Pileolated Warbler, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, House Wren, Conceps Junco., Woodpecker (sp?), Fresh gopher diggings in open grassy meadow, Chukar (shot one), Chipmunk. Observed a Checkeree cutting off the cones of a Douglas Fir. The animal would actually seem to throw the cone out a sufficient distance to clear the branches below. I watched the squirrel chew off 10+ cones before proceeding to the next tree. One Steller's Jay shot, was seen feeding in a fir tree. When it detected me, it became very quiet & motionless.