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Rito de los Frijoles Rito de los Frijoles, Saturday. Aug 6, 1910 August 6, 1910.

Up at 5:15. Perfectly clear morning. In nine mousetraps there were 4 deer mice Peromyscus and bait gone from 2. Put up mice in forenoon. Get archaeological map of Jemez Plateau, New Mexico, Forest Service, U.S. Dept. Agri., 1906. Went up creek in the afternoon and shot one each of the following: Brewer sparrow Spizella breweri, pygmy nuthatch Sitta pygmaea, w. wood pewee Contopus sordidulus ?. and hummingbird Trochilidae. Shot latter on wing with 44 caliber shot barrel of game getter. Fired five shots, got 4 birds. Saw a red tailed hawk Buteo swainsonii ? ((see page 106)) which we have heard every day on the cliffs in the canyon. Also one red-shafted flicker Colaptes auratus and a woodpecker Melanerpes with white below, black above white stripe down the back and on head. In evening heard an owl like the great horned owl Bubo virginianus but not so hoarse. No rain today, hot afternoon.


Rito de los Frijoles, N.M. Rito de los Frijoles, Sunday, Aug. 7, 1910 August 7, 1910.

Bright, clear, warm morning. Arose at 6:15. Breakfast at 7 a.m.