Also says snow does not remain on N side at all. Perhaps no frost in vertical fissures to topple cliff over on that side, while good freeze on S side, as he says snow has laid there 2 months at a time. Dr. Chas. F Lummis says he saw and caught trout in the creek here about 20 years ago (1891) and that then there were certainly many pools not now seen. Judge Abbott says the same of Otero Went down creek looking for snakes but did not see any. Have seen none since the first week here. Bats seen the first two or three nights but none since. Thrushes have apparently disappeared. Found one Succinea avara, but I put a leaf hopper in the bottle with it and the hopper hopped out, carrying the Succinea with him. This is the only Succinea found on the trip. Abbott says 2 rattlesnakes have been killed in the valley in 2 years, and he saw a big bull snake near house a day or two ago. Also says scaled partridge was killed here recently and pin squirrel found
