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P. PEARSON
1951
Tilden Park, Contra Costa Co.
June 20-21 Pat &o Sherman with Anita about 5 p.m. in our
Mieristua area across from the golf course, some of
them further up the hill than the best Mieristua habitat.
Many cuttings and runways; saw 3 Mieristine and 3 nesta
while setting. Many runways spotted with white material,
as mentioned by Brant.
Ran traps next morning and afternoon and the following
morning. Total score (2 nights, one day; oatmeal bait)
11 Perseycena commutata, 7 Reuthro (some young, some
adult), 3 Lachrymosa-ornata, 28 Mieristua. One of the
Mieristua was one of our banded ones.
July 6 Pat &o Sherman in Tilden across from the golf course at
7:30 p.m. Baited with oatmeal. Grass now
really dry. No piles of green cuttings as on June 20-21
when most of grass was dry but still enough green stalks
for mice to cut. Found one Mieristua nest under
a stump and band-caught two young in it,
about 3-4 weeks old. Picked up traps this morning,
only found 5. Catch: 5 Mieristine, 2 Pero, 1 Mura,
1 Reuthro.
July 18 Drove to Hi Belosa tunnel with Corinne and all
family. Looked in the tunnel about 2 p.m. and found
one torpid q Cory and a cluster of about 65 awoke.
catched 58 them (none banded) and banded them.
Only 3 males and a half-dozen young females.