Field notes, v1383
Page 129
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EL Koshkum 1955 Journal June 27 Warm clear skies, mosquitoes ferocious! no adults. Rare collected. Brewer's blackbirds nesting in area. Next stop about 3/4 mile E x SE the Riggle, 8200 ft. Dork collected a subadult Bifor braws in a perfect garden hole close to an This is our altitude record for brown in the dioma, to my knowledge, and please browns 9 airline miles north of Elbert's Pass converse at even equivalent elevations. We turned off Blue Lake road to Indian Valley. Fair dirt road (not on old topor sheet) was possible to within a mile or less of the lakes in Indian Valley. A stream crossing gullied deep stopped me. According to the sign this road goes thru to Marbleville. Day 3 p.m. continued warm and clear. We hiked into Indian Valley, across it to an old cabin, then checked a number of canyon draws on E side of Valley. Sagebrush over much of slope, some streams flowing but slight. This appears to be too arid a brown for roads. Hyler and Brown were present in the lake vicinity and at slender meadow ponds just W of the lakes. Koshkums #2 & #3 found 5 across Indian Valley. Supper at lower Blue Lake, a rocky morning artificial-looking lawn. Returned to the Riggle dwality 8:00 p.m. where we collected one adult tool. no others seen and no calls. Search of Chauty Valley and dwality fruitless 9 p.m. but a single subadult found on road 1/4 mile from the pond site on road to Faith Valley. We continued drive through Faith Valley and reached highway 88 9:35 p.m. During drive down West Canon