Image from the Biodiversity Heritage Library.
Contributed by Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, University of California, Berkeley.
| www.biodiversitylibrary.org
Transcription
Bourne
1952
Journal
20.
Aug. 22 3 mi. SW Tres Rios, at 9000 ft., Rio Arriba Co., New Mexico
approx. 5D, flying around farmhouse just as one
enters the yellow pine zone from the valley.
Commenced my morning collecting excursion at
8:00 AM. Ended at 11:00 AM. Observed the following:
Red-shafted Sucker, Pygmy Nuthatch, Audubon Warbler(1),
Grace Warbler (1), Orange-crowned Warbler, Paleolates
Warbler, Mt. Chickadee, White-breasted Nuthatch, Clark
Nutcracker (2), Broad-tailed Hummer, Colliege Hummer,
Turkey Vulture, West. Wood Pewee, Violet Green Swallows
(adults feeding young in nest in dead Yellow Pine), Gray-
headed Juncos (numerous ad. + inv.), Hairy Woodpecker.
Solitary Vireo, Western Bluebird, Rabbit(1, unknown sp.)
Pocket Gopher diggings, Leard, Chipmunk.
Bird temperatures as follows:
Species Temp Time Conditions
Grace Warbler 38.6°C 9:00 AM alive.
Pileolates Warbler 40.6°C 9:40 AM dead 10 sec.
Colliege Hummer 39.0°C 10:10 AM dead 30 sec.
Violet-green Swallow 40.5°C 10:30AM dying.
Discovered one Rose-bush. Fairly abundant blooms of a
purple lupine + yellow daisy Will colled samples
later. Juncos were found "loofing" in a young
growth of pines (8 ft. high) and oaks. Aspen groves
always yield a solitary or warbling Vireo. I have not
as yet seen a golden-mantled ground squirrel, which
have been taken by other members of party. They are
speedingly large and fatty.