After dark the owl barked on the cliff just over our caves. I could not see it but took a shot at the sound and he flew up from near the point at which I shot. Its notes very closely resemble the barking of a dog with not a very deep tone.
Rito de los Frijoles N.M., Wednesday Aug. 17, 1910.
Bright but cool early in the morning. Went down the canyon with Miss Way and Mr. Robbins "abirding". Saw only robins, long crested jays, pinon or Woodhouse jays, mt chickadees, lots of pygmy nuthatches, abundant Arkansas goldfinches, and several dozen hummingbirds. The hummers were hovering over a large patch of Cleome ((?)). We collected 4. They do not appear to fit the description of any species. Returned at 10 a.m. and put up the hummers by removing the viscera and filling the abdominal cavity with arsenic and alum, putting some also down the throat. Getting hot. The Ark. goldfinches are feeding mostly on sunflowers. The owls here, according to descriptions
