Field notes, v1478
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November 1942 30 Itinerary April 1, Berglund Ranch, 1250 ft., 1/5 mi. NW N. Corralitos, Santa Cruz Co., Calif. The ridge is rather sandy. The chaparral ends rather abruptly and the upper slopes are grass covered with only occasion- ally Baccharis shrubs, these latter being small. All our traps were baited either with walnut meats or peanut butter mixed with a little oatmeal. There seemed to be no correlation between the bait and the catches made, as to preference between the two. Out of 146 traps therefore we caught 3 Dipodomys (1/2 &), 1 Microtus, 1 Reith- rodontomys, 1/2 Peromyscus californicus, and 6 Peromyscus maniculatus 3 & 3 o. We also had 10 traps sprung. One trap had caught a Spotted Towhee. We had rain yesterday afternoon and a foggy night last night. Today there was bright sunshine. There are large numbers of Coyote dropping along trails up on the ridge. Some of these were noted to contain parts of bones and teeth of rodents. April 2, The day began clear but clouded over beginning about 9 A.M. The night was clear and not a great deal of dew was on the ground this morning, as compared to the heavy