Field notes, v1467
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Kaye - 1933. French Gulch, 6700 ft., Piute Mts., Oct. 28, 1933. their nests than the poison campaign wiped them out, or nearly so. They The meadow and particularly the empty homes of the neotoma, now being bare of life, offered a good inducement to the chipmunks in the hills. So, in turn, a good many of these moved down into the meadows, and into the empty pack rat nests. I have trapped three chipmunks from the entrances of pack rat nests, and have seen several others run into nests. The chipmunks have taken over the nests as they was, without improving on them. However, their are a few neotoma left, as we have taken three. According to Mr. Woods there used to be a good many dipodomy in here previous to the poisoning. Ray found a dipos tail this morning, but no fresh signs. Apparently the poison got mostly the neotoma and dipos. The meadows are overrun with gophers and microtus now. Trap record: From my meadow arch trap line I took two marmots, two chipmunks (nevisianus) and one gopher. From my west canyon line I