Bodfish, 2600 ft., Kern Co., Calif. Dec. 22, 1932 Two Pteromyscus maniculatus were caught in the traps last night. Twenty of the traps were sprung, presumably by the heavy rain and hail just after dark last p.m. Great Blue Heron, Red-tailed Hawk, White-crowned Sparrow (Gambel?), Linnet, Ruby-crowned Tlingit and Sage Sparrow were birds noted this a.m. Packed and went thru Kern River Canyon to Bodfish. Went to see Henry W. Ross and Frank Ross at Bodfish. Both are experienced and reliable trappers past middle age. They took the last Wolverine taken in this region around 1919-1920. Told me that trapping was very poor in this area now and attributed it to predatory animal control. The fox and striped Skunks are practically gone in their estimation. Sanders is the name of the man [illegible] carrying on control work on the State Game Refuge near here. F. W. Ross told me of finding 19 Stripped Skunks at one place where this person had been carrying on work. In former years Bobcats and Gray Foxes were more abundant than coyotes. Now conditions are reversed and almost everything is gone but the coyote. Both he and his brother find it very difficult to earn a living by trapping at present and