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which is coming along the high cliffs across Green River.
Saw 9 Rough legged hawks, that were feeding on the jack rabbits I had shot for coyote bait.  Saw 2 golden eagles, heard sparrow hawks in the cottonwoods, lots of magpies, saw 2 ravens, lots of bluebirds (aretica) 2 redwing blackbirds at the ranch, lots of Otoeoris.  Found plenty of sage grouse tracks & one sage grouse that had been eaten all but its feathers & crop had the crop enormously distended with leaves of Artemisia tridentata & nothing else.  Was as large as my two fists.

Saw numerous badger tracks, the first I have seen on the snow.  Saw plenty of prairie dogs and heard them bark as usual.