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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