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Found fresh tracks of 5 or 6 deer along the foot of the mesa slope.  Saw lots of Lynx tracks & some in caves, where the lynx are probably breeding.  The slope is steep and full of holes & hollows and caves.  It is a typical badland slope, bare & either adobe or sandstone.  The mesa is 200 or 300 feet high and extends for many miles.  I followed about 5 miles and hope to go farther tomorrow.

Saw one jack rabbit, still mainly white, but turning yellow to match the soil.  Saw great numbers of Lepus baileyi both along the cliff and out in the sagebrush where they run to badger holes.

Saw lots of Eutamias minimus & a few Citellus elegans, some prairie dog holes, lots of gopher hills, plenty of [[Zeanona?]] nests in cliffs.  Saw 4 Sayornis, the first.