Field notes, v1518
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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?"