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S. Memmler
1943
55.
journal
May 26, Galician Range, 1500 ft., 5 1/2 mi. ENE of Celestia, Monterey Co., Calif.
so that we did not have time to shoot any.
It was foggy this morning until about 10:30.
The rest of the day was clear, and the evening
was cooler than the day before.
May 27,
Last night I set out 50 live traps. This morning
these had caught: 6 Reithrodontomys (2?4?), 2??
1? Perognathus, and 2 ? Microtus and 1 Peromyscus
maniculatus.
This morning after bringing back our traps we
collected plants and tried to identify them. We
decided to press all of them and take them home
to verify their identification. This noon
we picked peas, rhubarb and lettuce from
Mrs. Hall's garden and brought milk from
her. We also looked over her barn for
evidence of bats, but found none. We caught
3 house mice in the barn and saw several
others. I shot a Sceloporus on the way.
The afternoon we put up our mammals. This
evening we set out live traps on the hill that
Seth Benson had trapped on the night before.
While setting out traps we saw a large burrow,
perhaps that of a Badger.
It was misting very heavily this morning,
and it came down almost as rain. This
cleared during the morning and the rest of the
day has been clear and moderately warm.