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Grey
1927
Las Palmas Canyon 200 ft West side of
Laguna Salada 15 mi. S. of M. end.
Lower Calif., Mexico
Oct. 31, 1927
arroyo around large rocks for chipmunks. Nothing during the
day as it was cloudy and threatening
rain. I took up my 25 mouse
traps along the rocky hillside.
The sets that are now out are
20 mouse traps in Palm & spear
grass arroyo. 10 set traps around
boulders in the same arroyo
or canyon. One steel set
of two traps under Juniper
wood tree there also, it
is most convenient to trap
there as I have to go there
for water twice a day, it
is raining steadily tonight
but not hard. There are
quite a few lizards, canyon
mice, or rock mice in the
oasis of Palm Canyon. I saw
only 5 Gila woodpeckers'
of which I killed two.
All of the birds are extremely
wild. I have seen no more
song sparrow since I shot
at the one when we first
came.