Field notes, v1378
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155 Journal R E. Johnson 1969 Feb. 9 Granby, Grand Co., Colorado to Roosevelt, Duchesne Co., Utah he had noted dark chestnut-brown birds in & around they the feeding troughs in his corals 18 miles west of Kremmling on US 40 on Muddy Creek. Directly north of Kremmling is a sizeable butte with vertical walls (Wolford Mountain) & a service station attendant told me that there are Cliff Swallow nests all over these walls. A road reaches the top of the mtn & a trail cuts across the mtn. just below the cliffs. Perhaps Rosy finches roost in these nests. It was too late to check this out. I drove west to Roosevelt, Utah & camped in a roadside park. Feb. 10 Roosevelt, Duchesne Co., Utah to Wendover, Tooele Co., Utah Visited the Roosevelt dump, located south of town on a wash. Starlings & Magpies were present by the hundreds. Nesbly Farms also had these species plus English Sparrows & Red-winged Blackbirds. Further west I stopped at Duchesne & drove up Indian Canyon 1/2 mile to the dump (no birds) & then 20 miles further up canyon (pretty). Later I collected one Pion Jay. From among a group (20) feeding along the roadside 0.4 mi. east of the int. of Utah Hwy 208 & US 40. At Heber City I checked the dump (Starlings, & English Sparrows) & several ranches (Magpies, Starlings, & English Sparrows). At Parke City an employee of the city said there