Bowman 1952 Journal 4. Aug. 11 11.5 miles NE Chama, 10,000 ft, Rio Arriba Co., San Juan Mts., New Mexico: numerous Pocket Gopher diggings in area. This might be due to the considerable depth of soil, which is very humous and moist. There are essentially no rocky outcrops and but a few gravelly areas, except near streams. Saw several chipmunks (Eutamias amoenus) scurrying & calling in spruce groves, usually where considerable dry fallen limbs + logs. Rabbit droppings are everywhere in and around trees. These are fresh. I shot one adult Snowshoe Rabbit. It was extremely tame, & would run only a few yards when alarmed, & then stop, making shooting with a .38 shot shell very simple matter. During the early morning hours just before it became light (approx. 4:45 A.M.) and again at 8:00 P.M. heard Horred Owl hooting. The other party members saw the following - Pine Grosbeak, Pileated Woodpecker, Canada Jay, Chickaree, Mountain 3-toed Woodpecker. It should be noted that the weather here has been most unpredictable so far. Usually the mornings are clear & sunny, with heavy dews. By 11:00 A.M. cumulous cloudbanks appear and scattered thunder showers prevail until midnite. The temp. is ideal for hiking, & cool for sleeping. No readings taken as yet. The average height of the mature spruce tree (sp.?) is 50 feet. At 7:00 P.M. set out 22 MVZ species at the edge of a 1 acre meadow beside camp. Some traps placed at bases of spruce which were immediately bordered with moist grass covered meadows. The majority of the traps (12) were located on dry ground along logs + stumps. Heavy thunderstorm at 11:00 p.m.