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Bued
1934
July 16 took up the weasel trap. Coming down
wnt. stream I took by gun a flycatcher
and a Bush-tit the latter from a flock
of at least fifty that "streamed" back and
forth than the pinons very little
effected by gun fire.
I set two sets for gophers
and attempted in vain to get some
bats again as twilight settled down.
July 17 I visited the gopher sets found one
Thomomys talpoides
gopher and took up the sets. Killed
a young cottontail rabbit.
Our camp-site here is in about
the middle of the Pinion belt. The
cottonwoods of the lower canyon are
here replaced by Aspens with
some willow and occasional
cherry along the streams.
Further a way from the stream are
fagebrush (Artemisia), Sandburus
Ribes, Chrysosphanus. Of the smaller
plants most of them had recently been
browsed off by sheep whose signs
and tracks were everywhere. However
in the shade of the aspens there were
wild iris and yellow Mimulus and
grasses. Early in the day we pre-
pared to move.