Field notes taken for Zoology S125, v547
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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.