Journal 177 R.E.Johnson 1969 March 22 San Luis Valley to Boulder, Colorado We returned to the last ranch visited (then 11:20 AM, now 3:40 - 4:00 PM) & saw only 3 rosy fincher (tephrocotis). We then went to the Bagwells & watched for finches as Mr Bagwell but out feed in the troughs. There were 3 or 4 present but they left before he had finished putting the feed out! We drove back through South Park & I collected one tephrocotis from the barn (#3A). Its TB = 36°C. Time = 10:35 PM. Drove back to Boulder late. March 23 Boulder to Nederland, Colorado Slept in, then drove to Nederland. Kathy went on a geology field trip today. I visited the Snarelys. They had captured large numbers of birds between March 21 & 23 and had released many but saved many also, particularly australis. I spent the afternoon sorting the birds they had obtained, building more cages & trapping more birds. One bird that they had kept was weak & nearly dead - I performed the mercy killing (a tephrocotis). The Snarelys kept records of the time of capture of all birds by race for each day. These are as follows: Friday - March 21. tephro litt aust. 10:50 AM 1 11:05 2 12:45 PM 2