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Moford, N.
1977
Journal
White Cloud campground, 4300 ft., 11 mi. E Nevada City (by rd.), Nevada Co., Calif.
5 Aug. I removed juvenile Beechey Ground Squirrels from
traps 11 times, chipmunks 4 times. I saw a chase
involving chickaree; also 2 of 4 Gray Squirrel seen
were part of a chase. I saw DF go into her nest
in the evening, out in the early afternoon. I also
saw her young chir at a jun.
I found a
squirrel dead on the road on Hwy 20 at the turnoff
to the Worlington Youth Conservation Corps, at 4000 ft.
The skull was crushed, the skin torn badly, but
I saved the teeth and eyes--though I'm not sure
they still had the lenses. It was a lactating f -
one uterine horn had 2 scars, 2 cl -- I couldn't
find the other. I saw another lactating f near
the road-kill.
There was a heavy haze in the
east in the morning, completely overcast by midday.
Wind light. Temp: 66 at 0655, 79 at 1245, low 70's at 2000.
6 Aug. I spent 0658 - 1345 in the 1st study area. I set
the 20 traps by 0740, closed them -- 1330.
I caught one of DF's juveniles, removed juvenile
ground squirrels 8 times, chipmunks 7 times. I
saw a back-and-forth chase, a Gray Squirrel chased a
chickaree, I saw DF move her jnu.s. around midday.
Wind light. Clouds --90%. In the early morning, then
completely overcast. Temp. 64 F at 0655, 78 at 1400.
Judging by the past few days, it seems that the
jun. B and the jun. with the cartop near T2 are
gone.