Field notes, v1513
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Palmer 1935 Itinerary June 14 Donomore Meadow, 5800ft., 15 mi. W Hill (cont'd.) contd. Found mole surface runways on N slope at edge of meadow under Hemlock. Heard Sciurus douglasii several times and saw one cutting cones from Pinus monticola. Saw Eutamias townsendii at the edge of the conifers. June 15. Heavy frost last night. In 41 traps in the meadows caught 1 Microtus mordax?, 1 Peromyscus maniculatus. In 30 traps by logs in conifers caught 2 Clethrionomys magama. 7 rat traps for flying squirrels = 0. Set 1 mole trap in surface runway under Hemlocks on N slope at edge of meadow. Saw the following birds: Audubon Warbler, Junco, Cassin Purple Finch, Robin and Red-breasted Muthatch. Heard Mountain Quail and Warbling Vireo? In the evening reset 10 of 30 gov.-size mouse traps in the conifers. Found 1 Clethrionomys magama in this line. Also reset 10 of 4 traps in the meadow. These were set in a line running up over a small hill N of the old line in the meadow. Caught 1 Scapanus latimanus in the mole trap and reset the trap in a new set of runways under Red Fir near the cabin. June 16 Rained off and on last night. Cold this A.M. In 30 gov.-size mouse traps by logs in conifers