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Transcription
Brode
1934
July 3 continued
It was found on a ledge under an
overhanging rock. I again noted
the "streaming" of the magpies and
shot one. I also shot a mourning
dove. I saw a number of robins,
flickers, and a blue heron.
July 4
gathered up the traps set out last
night on the south side of the river.
There were eight specimens in the
traps, all Peromyscus maniculatus.
The ranged in location from the upper
irrigation canal on the south side of
the W. Walker River down to and on
grassy plots among the cottonwood
by the river. Near the pond to the
east of camp (but on the south side of
stream) I noted mole workings but
they were not recent. I shot at a
flicker but missed both when he was
on the ground and when he was in
the tree. Saw a number of doves
robins and at some distance black
birds. Shot a bluebird on a bush
west near the upper irrigation canal.
I shot at a robin it wheeled about
and hung head down from the branch
for a few seconds and then dropped