Field notes, v1502
Page 705
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Murray 1949 Journal Aug 29 3 miles N Willow Creek, 700 ft, Humboldt Co., Calif. and maiden hair ferns which furnish almost the entire undergrowth. Then returned armed to the scene of the big bats. They did prove to be Eptesicus fuscus, of which I shot 2. Aug 30 Same location In traps in the grass at Horse Sinto Creek caught 18, 19 Microtus californicus, 1 Sores vagrans. those up the trail held 1 Sores trowbridgii, (1 Sores pacificus), 2 Neotrichus gibbsii. The traps on Cruieng Creek had only 2 Peromyscus (disc.) also left the line along Coon creek but did not rebait and set the traps. there had 2 Peromyscus (disc.) and 1 Sores trowbridgii. The last 2 days have had high fog which lifted by 8 or 9 A.M. Left out only the traps on Cruieng Creek and also put some downstream below the road. Again sword, bracken and maiden hair fern, a little denser and moister, with some tan oak, dogwood and small maples. Large maples gave dense overhead shade. Put more traps in a flat area exposed above Horse Sinto Creek with open clumps of grape, primarily. There was a little water running through which stood in