Field notes, v1520
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1962 Pearson Sept 27 Covered rest of Tilden trails for seats. No cats. Total seats yesterday and today 13 3 pts. Sept 29 First drizzle of season last night, not the surface but no soaking. Termites out today, Oct. 2 Light rain beginning about 4:30 p.m., only 1hr. Oct 6 Baby foot dead on road between Tunnel and Ada. Skull smoked, Oct 11-12-13. Rain Rain Rain. Wasbats, and skinks flooding etc. about 16 miles in 3 days. Oct 20. Stephen found a fof carcass about 1/4 mile south of my area. Dead + 1 month. He also saw a live cat, sooty grey with tan markings, about 1/2 mile south of my area. Oct 21 at 4:30 pm set Colborn 3 acres from camp mineral springs; 120 museum specials with peanut butter, no good runners seen. No cats, but footprints of cat & coon and many fresh skunk droppings. Picked up seats. Deer. Oct 22 7:40 a.m. Colborn Davis held one big 5 minisire (breeding) on lower line and 1 breeding 5 wondering perumping on upper line. Numerous spring-empty ('coon or skunk?), one with cricket leg. Jan saw cats. Night clear, dew. Oct.23 7:40 a.m. foggy driftly. One breeding 5 minho and one Perp marrie (gray & 6 fetus) on upper line. Picked up seats, saw one fresh garter snake tail on trail, large coyond gravel.