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J. G. Hall
1954
27 May Trail CaƱon, 8900 ft., White Mts, Esmeralda Co, Nevada
They might be nesting in cavities in the rock
but they didn't go in any in the 15 min. I
watched. In evening set 8 traps out
in sagebrush bordering the stream,
4 on the very edge of the stream.
28 May
[illegible]
Got one Peromyscus
last night before bed time + 10 more
when traps were checked about 5 AM.
Two were sprung & bait gone. Ward
Russell says he's never seen Pero-
myscus so abundant anywhere.
at 6:15 took shot of our camp in color.
Hunted along stream bank from 6:15
to about 10 this morning, all up-
stream from camp. Weather clear
& calm all morning but birds un-
usually quiet all morning. Birds
in willows: Tolmie & Pileated warb-
ers, Empidonax, chickadee, Robin, Stel-
ler jay, fox sparrow & white-crowned
sparrow. Shot the sparrow in willow
clump. Began to cloud up early in
afternoon and around 5:30 rained
just a little with a flurry of snow.
Cloud cover in evening - relatively warm.
29 May Packed up and moved camp to Indian
Creek further south on the East Side. On way