LIDICKER 1974 12 Dec, cont & c getting for my camera's light meter. Then we continued S to Manadero & turned W toward Punta Bandas. Also when on our way up stairs "Three Sisters" we turned N on a dirt road landed on a bluff overlooking the ocean. This is: N. corner Punta Bandas, 7.5 mi. W Manadero. Birds seen en route from Arroyo Mordino to Punta Bandas came here: W. Meadowlark, W. Bluebird, Horn Finch, W. K-2 hybrid, Ruddy Duck, Say's Phoebe, Hawk, W. Cross & Lowing Ravens as well, Long-tailed Shrike. Also saw Spring-tus Geckos - sea. He arrived c/o our camp about 1300, I immediately got to work looking around for ow Tricida camp. At about 14:00 we had lunch & then set out to cut traps. Dave B, Dave K, Bob K & B. Sieng took the car back toward Manadero to set in edge of cultivated fields. The rest I set and camp. I set 34 leg coll Shrews in a small 2 shallow arroyos running to bluff. On the first 2 feet 18 traps filled with mixed seeds. This arroyo was filled with brush with lots of Cueva o zea grass. Nestamine sign was abundant. Also saw Sylvi/lyreus droppings & locally Microtus as well. The next gulch was slightly wastier & had one pond of water & a few clumps of a Phragmites-like grass. Set 16 traps here located with seed mixture mixed with desert litter. Definite Microtus sign here including foot gnawish droppings.