LIDICKEN 1981 Bodega Bay Trip w/ Andrew Golden & Rick Ostfeld Jan. 17 Left about 1415 + drove directly to Bodega Bay Marine Lab (BML). After short exploratory walk to N of lab buildings, we set out 2 transects & live traps extending from near the shoreline to the top of the first sand dune. Each transect traversed various grasslands. Line "A" went from around the perimeter to dunes & then to dune grom. Line "B" went from around the dune to toward dune grom. Each line had 20 traps with about 8 m. apart. At each site we set 1 longworth & 1 small collegiate Sherman trap - trapped w/ dried oatmeal. These transects were between the Agricultural field & the N. joint. There was abundant fresh Philodromus sign in the perennial grass areas and along a small cut. & other habitats. Then we moved down the Station road about 1/8 mi. and set 20 traps (5 stations) in the Lupinus dickets on the N side of the road - along the edge of first sand dune (transect "D"). The last 20 traps (5 stations) were set in the largely annual grasses on the S. side of the road (transect "C"). Same trap arrangements on these 2 transects. Total traps set = 100 (50 longworths + 50 Shermans). Finished setting at 1740; actual setting cd ~1600. It was almost too dark to see effectively & the fin we finished. Weather: overcast, st. winds, intermittent light rain all afternoon. Lots of common scoter. Also deer & rabbits are strikingly abundant. We saw a number of deer. Found fox den & dene near transect