Brooks 1934 July 2 I took up trap line placed last night on the rocky sandy floors. There were three Peromyscus truei, in traps. I shot a willow goldfinch and two blackbirds. In the case of the blackbirds one was brought down from a flock in flight and the other was one of a flock of twelve in a bush. There were seen two other flocks of blackbirds one of the flocks being being redwing blackbirds. The directions of flight was to the southwest down the gorge. There were a large number of linnets in bushes. Several flocks of Magpies were seen in flight. Calls of the chat and the spotted towhee were heard in dense willow thickets near railroad tracks and irrigation ditches. Spent most of the day putting up bird skins. It was quite sultry and rained several times during the day. Late in the afternoon I took the gun and went down stream. I saw a number of robins, morning doves, a flicker and shot