Sandy 1951 Journal. 8 Nov 3. Sage Hen Creek, 3mi NW Hobart Mills, Nevada Co, Calif. I left the snow was soft and when I returned it was crusted and hard. I heard a great horned owl hooting as I was putting out the traps. Logswell, Kent Carrive and I went back to the vicinity after dinner to call him, but he had moved on. At 8 o'clock check of the trap revealed one Peromyscus maniculatus in a rat trap. Nov 4. Picked up the museum specimens, finding 2 P. maniculatus immature in the traps. Found 1 tray I had left out since last September. It was still set. One other trap was sprung, with mouse hair on the wire.. Temperature last night hit about 21° F. We heard coyotes howling not too far away. Went up the hill side away from the creek with Tom Agretawani and Eli Pietzsch, two of Needham boys who were still on the place with their .22 rifle. We were after "chickarees" and chipmunks. We took shots at 2 squirrels but didn't get either. They seem to like to hang around large dead snags surrounded by conifer, particularly Red + White Fir. There is little Red fir close t