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V. Memmler
1941
Itinerary
May 29, Russian Gulch State Park, Mendocino Co., Calif.
beginning at its west end. We saw a California Woodpecker in the Redwoods near a clearing. He was perched on a Grand Fir. Later farther in the woods not near any clearing we saw another one pecking on a snag. We saw the foot prints of a Deer while walking thru dense Redwood and Douglas Fir forest on an old Road.
May 30, 170 ft. elev.
Last evening Josephine Browley and I set 25 museum special traps in 2 small meadows between the road and the stream near our Camp. Our Camp is no. 27. We caught 1 ♂ Zapus, and 2 ♂ Neurotriches. 3 traps were sprung and 5 others had feces on them) and the bait eaten away. The meadow had grasses of several varieties, the tallest 3' height. We set in runways in the grass in the hope of catching Microtius. It began to drizzle last evening about 9 P.M. and must have continued off and on all night. It was still