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12 - 1933
58
Thompson Canyon, Walker Basin --
Oct. 18, 1933.
232 Microtus
♂ wt: 91 195-63-23-20
233 Peromyscus m.s.
♀ wt: 18 132-55-20-17
234 Reithrodonomys
♂ wt: 10 128-78-17-13
235 Sylvilagus
♂ wt: 710 315-50-82-77
236 Eutamias
♂ wt: 62.5 232-188-36-21
237 Eutamias
♂ wt: 64 232-112-35-21
238 Bufo
239 Pituophis catenifer
240 Hyla
I only caught one peromyscus and one reithro in my eight traps here in the grass last night. I caught nothing in my steel or chipmunk sets.
I hunted all morning, but didn't get any new species. I collected an Andubon Warbler, a plain titmouse and a cedar waxwing. I spent a lot of time trying to get a marsh hawk which I raised out of Basin Creek. I never did quite catch up with him.
After I got back to camp, and found that Ray had brought in a Townsend Solitaire and a mountain quail, I went up to the top of the ridge. Imagine my surprise when a gigantic bird glided over a rock at me. I shot without thinking. The No. "63" had no effect on this bird, other than to turn it away. There were a pair of the birds, and they were at least twice the size of