22 4 August 1979 continued beside road, approx 2-3 miles W of Scotty's Castle to botanize and bird. Loggerhead Shrike, Empidonax?, Black-throated Sparrows, House Finely. Proceeded to Scotty's Castle, where Margaret botanized while I mapped and watched House Sparrows. Continued, after a stop in Beatty for gas, on to Plunney Canyon. Camped at the dirt mound in the mouth of the small canyon just E of the shaft indicated on map. Set traps (22 museum specials, baited with peanut butter, rolled oats, and bacon fat mixture) 12 along stream from source to a large rock, 4 downstream from rock, and 6 around mineshafts and cabin. Watched bats swooping over roof of our vehicle, as though approaching water? what were they doing?). It would have been easy to catch them, had we been properly equipped. 5 August 1979. Last night's trapping yielded 2 Reithrodontomys (#125, 126) 2 Peromyscus maniculatus (127, 128) and a Neotoma (129). Spent the morning in camp skinning while Margaret did housecats. A Red-breasted Nuthatch (not mentioned by Miller) visited us briefly and examined us