Banks 1958 Journal 8. ½ mi NW Snyder Ranch, Swift, Clark Co., Nevada Apr. 2 I think me are finally settled down for the rest of the week, barring more bad weather. Veerda Screach Owl afternoons, but couldn't get to it. Went lat shooting, but again no lats, no poor-wills. I set about a dozen more traps in the area. We are not far from the desert, and not far from the pond. The immediate area is open [illegible] with a lot of fallen timber. Nearly every down tree has a hole under it. A Barn Owl flew over about 8 P.M. I put up the man tonight. Apr. 3 What a busy day today, in all respects. Bad! Perogryns [illegible] smashes kill and Perogrythms. We were out hunting by 6 A.M., but until 8 I had no birds. Couldn't get close to anything but Bandel Snail and Andulan Warblers. I hunted along the edge of the floodplain and desert, occasionally into a wash. A number of flocks of Violet-Green Swallows flew [illegible] and White- crowned Sparrows were common. The usual Ash-throated and Vermilia Flycatchers were present, and long and many Andulan Warblers. Cissal thrasher and Sunk Jay were in the Arrow-weed-Mesquite at the edge of the desert bluff. Heard a Roadrunner and saw afar Phainoplepas. In one wash saw a pair of Rock Whans and several Turkey Vultures. In a mesquite thicket found an Abat Towhee. It got