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Murray
1949
Journal
Aug 30 3 mi N Willow Creek, 700 ft., Humboldt Co., Calif.
sloppy muddy pools, with a little green grass around them. Put a few traps around them and also in raspberry thickets. there were tall alders and maples in the area, a little thin.
Found an Anides ferreus (lost) under a log over Ginseng Creek
Aug 31 Same location
In traps by Horse Sinto Creek caught 3 Peromyscus maniculatus (2 disc) and 1♂,1♀ Microtus californicus. the Peromyscus were in clumps of grape, the Microtus both in tall green grass with raspberry.
the Ginseng Creek traps had just 1 Peromyscus (disc). Can't explain the failure of this promising looking spot. Its only noticeable difference was the lack of small shrubs, though the ferns gave dense cover.
In the afternoon went up the Three Creeks Road, starting at Willow Creek and proceeding west on a steep climb. This was mainly a southwest facing slope and was correspondingly dry. There were Douglas Firs, usually scattered among madrone, maple, chinquapin etc. Found patches of Arctostaphylos manzanita and Ceanothus cuneatus. In one spot noted some incense cedar, and at lower levels