Journal Haber, M.S. 1976 Nogal Lake, Lincoln Co., 6900 ft. New Mexico. 11 August 0030 Strong rains fell - the tent fared well. 0730 awoke to bright morning. Checked Nogal lake sets: 4 Gophers (Thomomys) 0830 Pulled Nogal Lake traps. Noted adult Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo) upon return to camp perched on top of a tall Juniper. The hawk had an unusually pale breast. 0900 Checked Nogal Canyon traps after having breakfast in Capitan. Captured 1 more Gopher; making a total of 2 gophers for this locality: 4.0 mi. S, 3.2 mi. W Nogal, 7800 ft. 2 Thomomys bottae We drove approximately 2 mi. north on the dirt & road (back towards Nogal) and set 7 sets (= 13 traps) near where the road crosses the creek: "Creek locality" (see exact locality below) x = trap sites numbers indicate capture sites as per catalogue. X x X 5 4 x X x X 3 1 X x X meadow dirt road North creek.