Field notes, v1518
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P. PEARSON 1950 yet here. Since everyone agreed that I, the cook, and the camp boy would starve if we didn't have some meat, I devoted most of the morning hunting a rabbit. Finally got one and two dove close to camp. Two photos of camps this afternoon looking east and west, in that order. One Oryzomyis in trap line. That makes 2 mice in 70 trap nights. Moved the line to along another stone wall that runs partly through field then into a grove of apple-like trees. Leaf-cutter ants, each carrying a small, white, very fragrant blossom. Jacklighting after supper saw one rabbit. One Oryzomyis? in trap line. June 17 Light rain began sometime during the night and still going at 9 a.m. Three more mice in the traps along stone wall through trees. Temp at noon under tarp, raining, 27°. Stopped raining about 1 p.m., then sun came out. Total rainfall from during night to 1 p.m. probably not more than ¼ inch. Night clear yet, no clouds now seen x June 18 But rain before morning, perhaps ¼ inch until it cleared slowly at about 8. Afternoon sunny and evening clear. Moon temp. 31°. Two mice in the trap line, one a juvenile Oryzomyis, the other a Heteromys-like mouse with cheek pouches. Assorted birding during the day, including one of a pair of Heterospizius (I hope). Most exciting was the three larks Near where I got them the other day in a grove of trees a mice was making repeated squeaks like a fledgling about to be fed. Another mice was talking moving about in the tree bushes making no sound. I was trying to get a clear