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Munday
1949
Journal
Sept 1 3 mi N willow Creek, 700ft, Humboldt c., Calif.
firs and large black oak. Again plenty of
dry leaf litter. Hunted around in very dry
brush on the flat but found nothing.
Left traps out and expanded along an old
road where a small stream flow spread out
in a muddy patch. there was green grass,
green herbs and blackberries. Saw very young T. ordinus.
Afterwards tried to find a good place
to shoot bats. Finally settled down on
a dry flat above the river where just
a few, both large and small, were flying.
Shot 1 but could not find it.
Sept 2 Same location
Caught 1♂ Reithrodontomys megalotis,
1♂ Peromyscus truei, 6 Peromyscus maniculatus
(5 disc). Note that all of these were males with
testes enlarged (except 2 maniculatus released and
not checked). those put up yesterday were the
same.
in afternoon went with Dr. Leopold to
Horse Sinto Creek. Went up the trail, then
down the slope to the creek. Saw at least
2 dippers in the water
Set traps along the creek, upstream from
where I had been before. Ran through
areas of both green and dry grass, usually
with clumps of blackberry. Shaded to varying