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V. Memmler
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Itinerary
May 30, Russian Gulch State Park, Mendocino Co., Cal.
elev. 20 ft.
raining this morning when
we picked up our traps. It
has continued to rain and
is still raining now at 1:15 P.M.
May 31, elevation 75 ft.
It stopped raining about 2:00 P.M. yesterday
afternoon. At about 3 P.M. Josephine
Crowley and I set out to
explore some of the places where
Mrs. Grinnell had set traps for
Weasel and Aplodontia with her.
We found a young weasel
caught in a rat trap scented
with Weasel scent and placed
under an old fire hollowed
stumps. There were many
dead logs lying about. The
slope of the hillside was about
30°. The habitat was a
Redwood forest with some Douglas
Fir and Lowland fir interspersed.
There is a deep ground cover of old
needles and ferns. Moss grows
thickly on the logs and stumps.
The weasel was caught by the
neck and was still alive when