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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