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Hall
1955
293
Aug 1 Sargetten Creek, 3 mi. NW Hobart Mills, Nevada Co, Calif.
R'slide marks swims up pond. 2 kits are rolling
& wrestling near N dam; mid mark muzzles
them and dives. 7:25 one adult goes
over xing, looked like edge but wasn't sure.
(mid mark)
One adult on shore cutting near lodge, 2
kits on shore nearer water. 7:30 one kit goes
over xing, then so does mid mark who'd been
cutting by lodge all this time. One kit
goes back to work on fir & the third up to
N channel & dam. 7:40, a beaver (kit? 2
think) seen by eye lodge. 7:45 left from
midk channel goes to lodge & dives. 7:50
midmarks back over xing & goes to fir where
left is, takes a slide out into pond & corn-
cobs it while floating! (First time this
feeding procedure seen). Kit complains
or mews near mid-marks. Mid mark
swims up pond with left alongside:
[Drawing]
then dives, as does kit maintaining position &
muzzling. 8:00 splash at dam #3 is
heeded by midmark who was about to
go ashore near S dam. 2 does + 2 fawns
then appear, working upstream. 8:18 I
comes swimming downstream, into
pond & dives into lodge. 8:25 he goes
downover xing + 2 left.