Field notes, v1309
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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.