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Murray
1948
50
Journal
May 5 Bahía Concepción, 13 mi SE Mulege', Baja Calif.
Again set out traps, this time live traps.
Put them in almost the same area but
following straight up both sides of
a canyon (that crossed last night). The
vegetation was the same. The interval between
traps both times has been about 50 feet.
Also set 6 Schuylers, 3 in small caverns
beside the road which had been washed out
of the rock. The others were among rock
outcroppings on the cliff above up, 2 with
woodrat droppings present.
This is very comfortable weather with
a maximum temperature today of 92°, and
a nice breeze. It remained quite warm
last night.
May 6 Same location
Live traps held 4♂4♀ Perognathus spinatus,
Peromyscus eremicus 2♂2♀. This time
the catch was very predominantly in the
half of the line on the west slope and a
bit deeper in the canyon. Again the interval
was 50 ft. The Schuylers were empty.
Spent most of the day putting up the mice.
Set out 50 live traps in several different
areas. 15 were in Salicornia at the base
of the rocky cliff. There were numerous
washed out caverns with some loose rock