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Sept. [September] 3, 1930.
Got Mr. [Hamilton Mack] Laing, he has found no good spots so must see
Mr. Warren. Got stuff brought up to Warehouse. Bought
groceries and packed my outfit.
Sept. [September] 4, 1930.
Left for Boon Lake 27 miles west of Banff and 4 miles
northwest of auto road. Made camp beside Boom Creek.
Sept. [September] 5, 1930.
Put out line of mouse traps in sphagnum bog below camp
and beside creek. Skinned whistler and set 2 #2 traps by ____ [line in text] ?
Took 2 chipmunks.
Sept. [September] 6, 1930.
Took [female symbol] Synaptomys shrew [S. [Sorex] borealis chapmani] [editorial insertion by author] M. [Microtus] mordax and red-backed mice.
Reset some of traps and set some for flying squirrels. Set
1 1/2 in old powder house.
Sept. [September] 7, 1930.
Rain all day. Took [female symbol] marten, big whistler carcass, more
mice. Made trip to Boom Lake - conies, squirrels and lots of
mouse sign. Good looking country - lots of sphagnum.
Sept. [September] 8, 1930.
Took rabbit in powder house, more mice, jumpers and
Peromyscus. Rain all day.
Sept. [September] 9, 1930.
Rain in A.M. [morning] Clear P.M. [afternoon] More mice, set out more flying
squirrel traps - prospect poor. Also set 3 for marten.
Sept. [September] 10, 1930.
Hiked to Mile 25 and back. Rained on and off.
Sept. [September] 11, 1930.
Hiked to Mile 26 and shot chipmunks, all have buff bellies [luteiventris] [editorial insertion by author].
Bright sun in afternoon, cloudy again in evening. Saw red-backed
nuthatch, columbian chickadee, Gambel's chickadee, juncos (Shufelteli?) [Shufeldti?]
Gambel's sparrows and pigeon hawk.
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