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Apr. 25 Texas
Scores Ravens all along, 15 in
one bunch; but 4 meadowlarks,
Mourning Doves; 4 English Sparrows
at Lobo; several Prairie Dogs stood
upright at mouth, 7 wounds.
Only
cattle country as far as we can se
4:00 - 4:15 p.m. - Passano to Alpine. Can
over a slight divide: Lower Sonoran on
West Upper Sonoran on East side; then,
rain-bearing winds from East, toward
Gulf of Mexico.
From crest of divide
down a ways toward Alpine, hills
and gullies studded with oaks (small)
junipers, with short dead grass overgrowth
Then more prairie, yellow short grass.
Many Ravens, Mourning Doves and
Blackbirds.
5:13 p.m. - Marathon, alt. 4043 ft.; hill,
prairie; grass (dry), scattering cactus &
yucca. And again; no stream courses
Have seen scores of Prairie Dogs,