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Hall
1955
302
Aug 10 Sage Hen Creek, 3 mi. NW Hobart Mills, Nevada Co., Calif.
R'slide then dives to the bottom, stirring up clouds
of silt, surfaces for branch on which
it chews in the shallow. 7:55 doe on N
shore. Mid finishes meal, swims slowly
up to bridge cove where it lives. Large
one in N channel; I think its' edge. Swims
up main channel a bit, then blade down
to dive in lodge. Kit scurried down over
ring at 8:05 as I was leaving.
Aug 12 Arr. tree on point opp "Fish" tree 6:25.
warm & clear. 6:40 beaver floating in
pond 3. 6:55 kit leaves "eye" lodge,
works down a way to the junction & feeds
at a point a little below this. 7:04
an adult swimming in pond 3 almost
crosses down over the main dam, goes
back to cross near the N end of
"C" willow sample. Then dives into bank
burrow, reappears & cuts willow from the
sample. 7:10 another kit in pond 3; I'm
still just below junction. Adult takes a
willow cutting blade up to pond 3, being
temporarily joined by the kit. Lost sight
of both but kit soon reappears, comes
on down to cut willow at spot on sample
where adult just left. 7:17 kit #1
still working at jet. 7:20 I climbed down