Image from the Biodiversity Heritage Library.
Contributed by Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, University of California, Berkeley.
| www.biodiversitylibrary.org
Transcription
Koford, R.
1925
Journal
Hastings Natural History Reservation, 1800 ft. 14 mi. SE Carmel Valley, Monterey Co., Calif.
22 Nov. not when they were checked later. I put up the Myotis. The sky
was clear all day, wind light. Temp. reached ~70°F, dropping
to about 30°F at night. The nearly full moon rose
late in the evening.
23 Nov. After breakfast (~0800) Kurt Nelson and I checked the Calhoun
line. Luis Baptista and a small class from Occidental College
came with us. We got 4 Peromyscus truei, 2 P. californicus,
4 Reithrodontomyne neotilis, 2 Dipodmys venustus, and 1 peromyscus
calicolatus. We left the traps set. Peg Smith will pick
them up tomorrow. The grassland Calhoun line has only
gotten a couple animals - Peromyscus maniculatus and Reithrodontomyne.
The oak woodland line only picked up a P. maniculatus. Microtus were
also caught in some grassland - the stuff with new green
growth. Calif ground squirrels were locally abundant, and
there was some badger size. Last night we heard a coyote.
Deer were seen frequently - mostly fawns, one doe. I saw
some mole trails, and lots of gopher sign. I picked up
my two [illegible] Jacobies around 1100 - nothing in them. Around
noon we saw 3 Golden Eagles - 1 juvenile - circling about half
a mile high. There were 7 Red-tails near them, but we saw no
interactions. Other birds I saw during the weekend:
1 California Thrasher
20+ Western Bluebirds
5+ Scrub Jays
1 Bewick Wren
20+ Acorn Woodpeckers
2+ Rufous-sided Towhees
10+ Valley Quail
4+ Crows
5+ American Kestrels
3+ Red-tailed Hawks
3+ Brown Towhees
1 Plain Titmouse