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Murray
1948
Journal
May 4 Bahía Concepción, 13 mi SE Mulegé, Baja Calif.
Set out 50 museum special mouse traps
on a very rocky hillside. The rocks were
dark brown, volcanic, and mostly fairly
large. There was ocotillo, copal, creosote
and some other thorny bushes, all rather
sparse, and a scattering of small plants.
crossed two draws which were a little
more vegetated.
An osprey circled around over the
water and we could see several frigate
birds flying some distance. At dusk a few
tate came by. Dr. Benson shot a Myotis
Californiae
May 5 Same location
In the traps were 7 (4♀, 2♂, 1 discarded)
Perognathus spinatus, 4♂, 1♀ Peromyscus
eremicus, and 2♂ Neotoma lepida. The
Neotoma were both in very large rocks;
one was killed and the other still alive
but hooked around the neck by the mouse
trap. There were noticeably more mice
caught in the draws than on the exposed
ridges.
Dr. Benson shot an oyster catcher
We found that in the mouth of the
estero there were great quantities of clams,
which we gathered and ate.