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Memmler
1943
59
journal
June 1, Indian Creek, 1500ft., 13 mi. S Shandon, S.L.O Co., Calif.
drove to King City where we had lunch.
After doing some shopping we drove on to
Paso Robles where we did more shopping.
On the way to Paso Robles we tried to locate
a locality where J. Dixon had caught
Perognathus mormatus near San Miguel.
We reached our present locality at Indian
Creek about 7 o'clock. We could not find the
owner of the land on which we wished to
trap. We were told by a neighboring
farmer that he lived in town, only coming
but once a week. We decided to camp
beside the road in a wide space and
set traps on the land to the north of the
road.
June 2, I set out 48 live traps in a white sandy area
which I found by following a small road
through the fence on the north side of the
highway. The road lead to a calvin. I
did not go as far as the calvin to set my
traps. The plants which grew on the
sand were as follows, in order of abundance:
Lotus, Chorizanth, Monardella lanceolata,
astagales and mimulus.
and Artemesia. There were other plant, which
I was not able to identify, because they
were not in bloom. I caught 1 Peromyscus
truei, 2 Peromyscus maniculatus (1 male + 1 female),