Banks 1958 Journal \n\n1/2 mi NW Snyder Ranch, 500ft., Clark Co., Nevada Apr. 3 extremely cold and windy and cloudy about 8 am and the kids were hugging the brush thickets. I went into the woods toward camp, shota Verdin. Heard a drumming in a dead snag, squeaked and a Gila Woodpecker came out. I shot it, later got a Ladder-backed Woodpecker. Saw Black-tailed Godwither and shot a Ruby Crowned Kinglet. In the willow where it was green with Jamanish, I twice flashed what was probably a long- Eared Owl but couldn't get a good look. About 1045 we decided on one last move, to avoid the wind and rain that was threatening. Back to the "Bat House" by Willan, Calf-Nev. line, 1/2 mi W, 1mi S Snyder Ranch, 500ft., Clark Co., Nevada. This is our new locality. Put up this in the afternoon. Very windy and some rain. At 5pm, we set traps. I put about 20 more and 5 rat traps in the desert, some (2 rat) at a pile of rocks with a bench mark (BP421) which looked like a woodrat nest. Set 1 rat and 1 mouse trap in the cabin. After dark we checked Neal's traps and some of mine - all empty. No animals, nothing to do tonight. The night is windy and cold, the moon is full or nearly so, but there are a lot of clouds. Hope for a better day tomorrow,