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Sept 12 10 Peromyscus and 2 Chipmunks in the fallow field line.
Many spring + empty in front of large hole, probably
Callospermophilus, one wheel shot nearby in a
juniper bush. One rabbit in a steel trap set in front of
a burrow and one Meriones in the Schuylers along
the rocky cliff. Also a truci there. Picked off the fallow
field line and put 12 of them along the cliff to relieve
pressure on the Schuylers. Hard rain at bedtime.
Sept 13 Only Peromyscus up at the cliff. A young
snowshoe hare at the same burrow as yesterday's
rabbit. Broke camp at 9:00 a.m. and drove to
Bernardo, 50 mi. S. of Albuquerque, 4700 ft., along
the Rio Grande. Camped in the "clubhouse" or
duck-hunting shack (one-room schoolhouse) of
Adley Borell at 4 p.m. Put out about 35 traps in
this mesquite near the river, mostly on land
sometimes flooded; some grass cover and yellow-
flowered weed. All sites for Zaleus, a few
rats at dusk. Got one any other? Relhjer?
Sept 14 Seven Peromyscus in the traps, probably
Meriones but no Zaleus. Picked up traps
and moved them to a thick grass meadow with a
few weeds growing to mesquite. Added 20
Sherman live traps found in Borell's cabin.
Also set 2 Muskrat traps. Numerous "coon
traps and ? milk?"