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J.G.Hall
1954
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June 4 Cabin Creek, 10,500ft., White Mts., Mono Co., Calif.
Ahead of the truck for 40 or 50 feet
before flying; Ward thought they
had chicks nearby. Once up on
the flats we had wide panorama
to White Mt. Peak to W. & Boundary
Peak to N. & others we didn't know.
Vegetation was dwarfed sagebrush
amongst which were many white
rod dropping of sagehens. We saw
no sagehens, however. We noted
one horse & 3 or 4 herdfords graz-
ing on the sparse grass growing
in the lower spots. Frank spotted
a beautiful adult Mt. Coyote in
the grass of a wet little meadow
about 500 yds N of us. It watched
us, little concerned, and slowly
edged farther away & up a gentle
slope. Somewhat farther on we
approached a great jumble of
black rocks rising perhaps 50'
above the plain and here Frank
spotted (it) what he took to be
two bobcats. They turned out to
be young coyotes and they
disappeared into a den in the
rocks. We presumed that the