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Has been nearly clear and hot all day. After supper Felger and Robbins rode down to the postoffice on horseback, without saddles. Robins Turdus migratorius more common here. Saw the following today. Golden eagle Aquila chrysaetos, Swainson ? hawk Buteo swainsoni, sparrow hawk Accipiter, White throated swift Aeronautes saxatalis ? (yesterday), rock wren Salpinctes obsoletus common, house wren Troglodytes aedon, Brewer blackbird Euphagus cyanocephalus, Meadowlark Sturnella, mourning dove Zenaida macroura common, American goldfinch Carduelis tristis 2, robin Turdus migratorius common, Arkansas goldfinch Carduelis psaltria, Arkansas flycatcher Tyrannus verticalis, cliff swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota. Evening quite cool.

Axial, Colo. Axial, Colorado, Aug 14, 1909 August 14, 1909

Another bright, hot morning. Arose at 6:30. Robbins and I finished poisoning the prairie dog Cynomys leucurus and spermophile skins taken the 12th. Broke camp at 11 a.m. and started to Meeker Meeker, Colorado, Felger having sprained