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E.L. Karsten
1954
Buffle crow (70)
May 21 0.2 mi. N W Kaiser Pass summit, 9200 ft., From G, Cole
was able to progressively move the mike forward toward
the tool which now is but five feet from it.
snow
mike
short
gresses add melting
runoff.
Reeder
lodgepole pines
A-B distance 30'
A-E " 40
A-F " 50'
A-C " 75'
A-D " 60'
A-I [illegible] 40 feet
all approximate. Other tools calling in distance, probably audible use to cover hundred yards.
quiet
Hydra or oxygen disturbed local area here. Good!
It is relatively simple to induce a series of crowes with a good low whistling tool. I've walked all about these winds and still they call. How divine can these tools be? Water depth in pools between snow patches is up to 3" nearly all tools are setting in pools. C was on silted dead wood for a short period 11:30 A.M. Last 1/3 of tapes (Roll #1) will be of this call setup.
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