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1962
Nov. 1 Rantrips at 7:30 a.m. Sunny & warm. Saw no cats, one sparrow or cocker bank.
6 Rethers (2 tagged) and 3 milks (1 tagged) and 1 [illegible] oration and 2 cockets. Both Rethers and milkes breeding, but no clearly jun mikes so far. Set way other trap = 50.
at 3:30 p.m. traps held 2 milkes, neither was a banded one. Saw no cats.
Nov. 2 Rantrips at 7:30 a.m. no cats. Traps held 4 milks (one tagged one) and 4 Rether (all tagged ones) more traps to attain numbers. Did not run traps in afternoon, but saw cat between Inspectors Point and Orider at 5:30 p.m.
Nov. 3 Rantrips at 7:30 a.m., thick fog. 4 milks (2 tagged ones) and 6 Rethers (5 tagged ones). No cats (but foggy)
Nov. 8 Orange styled butter on edge of area in Tilden, about half grown.
Nov. 25 Picked up scat on about half the Tilden area. No cats seen, but about 2 fresh droppings.
Nov. 26 Rain. First rain since the big storm in Oct.
Nov. 27 Sunny. Picked up scat on remaning half of area. Saw no [illegible] cats, 1 red-tail. Total collection from Nov. 25 & 27 = 2 qts., many skunk? droppings, few tracks of cat & racoon. About 2 fresh droppings.
Nov. 28 At 4:30 pm set 72 skunks on Orider Srd, every station along rows G to h. Lots of runways.