Field notes, v1513
Page 479
Image from the Biodiversity Heritage Library. Contributed by Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, University of California, Berkeley. | www.biodiversitylibrary.org
Transcription
Palmer 1936 January Panoche Cr., 2 mi. SW Panoche (cont'd.) July 6 cont'd. mammals of the following species: Dipodomys herrmanni, 7(30♂,4♀); Onychomys torridus, 1(♂); Peromyscus maniculatus, 1(♂). On the way out to the traps about 4:30 A.M., saw 2 Coyotes both near the Panoche Creek crossing. Johnson brought in a Calif. Jay this afternoon. There seen none here before. July 7 This A.M. packed a box of birds and mammals to send to Berkeley. In the afternoon went with Johnson E to where the road crosses Panoche Creek. At that locality, Panoche Cr., 1000 ft., 4 mi. E Panoche, San Benito Co., Calif., hunted up the creek. The creek is rather slow flowing and there are few trees in the creek bottom. The creek bottom is largely covered with creeping grass (salt? grass) with rushes and tules right along the creek. In the tules shot 2 Yellow-throats and 1 Red- winged Blackbird. In the large tree to baccos shot 2 Anna Hummingbirds. At this locality, also set 41 mus. spearmouse traps. 28 of these were set in damp runways in the tules and rushes and 13 were set on sandy second bottom by small bushes 1-2 ft. high.