Field notes, v1520
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Row A 0 minks 2 musk (Ruthro) Row F 1 mink 0 muss (Ruther) Row B 1 " 1 " Row H 2 " 2 " Row C 1 " Row I 1 " 2 " Row D 2 " 2 " Row J 1 " Row E 2 " 1 " Row K 2 " Total 7 minks, 6 musk, 12 Ruther = 25 total at 5 p.m. moved grid traps to alternate sites = 50 traps from 1 cat. during. at 4 p.m. set 30 skunkans and 90 muskmus traps (peanut butter) along twenty way drive and lower hills. Nov. 4 Row grid at 9 a.m. during, 1 cat (white). last night it was a black one. Row A 1 minks 0 muss (Ruther) Row F 0 mink 0 musk 1 Ruther Row B 1 " Row H 3 " 1 " Row C 1 " 1 " Row I 1 " 1 " 2 " Row D 3 " Row J 2 " Row E 1 " 1 " 1 " Row K 2 " Total 6 minks, 6 musk, 13 Ruther = 25 total In the 98 small traps: 15 minatures, 10 musk, 15 Ruther, and 2 Peromyscus maniculatus. In the 30 skunkans: 2 minks, 7 Ruther, 2 musk, 1 other. lots of carnivore droppings in the minuts triangle. Saw 1 cat along my traps this; many tracks rolled. Nov. 8 analysis of carnivore droppings: Tilden Oct. 23: 93 minatures, 4 Ruther, 12 musk, 1 rabbit, 1 gopher, 1 lizard, 1 bird, numerous crickets. Tilden Oct. 21 on Tildenbird proper: 28 minatures,