Field notes, v1458
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Longhurst 1934 Itinerary July 11 Twin Buttes, Skamania Co., Wash. 40 mouse traps among scattered conifers and huckleberry bushes near camp. The catch was: Peromyscus maniculatus 3 ? 2 ? Zapus 1 ? Later in the morning I shot a Mt. bluebird and a red-breasted nuthatch, a large hawk of undetermined sp. was seen flying high. July 12 Twin Buttes, Skamania Co., Wash. Yesterday evening I set four No. 0 spring traps and 20 mouse traps at - Twin Buttes R.S., 3900 ft., 3 mi. WSW Steamboat Mt., Skamania Co., Wash. This locality is about 1/4 mi NW of camp. The spring traps were set in Aplodontia burrows and the mouse traps about a large windfall and along a small stream flowing through heavy timber and dense undergrowth. On the way to set the traps a weasel was seen crossing the road. Deer tracks are quite numerous - the deer seem to be feeding about a large burned over area which is covered with fallen logs, second growth conifers, willows, alder, and poplars and also huckleberry bushes. The catch was: