1963 learn snepping, plus an adult. Aug. 9 Picked off scats on main trails in Tidden: 5 pta, about half of them in a half dozen piles at the north end of the aven, a place that has been productive on earlier visits this year. Saw several mice and deefgs, two racers, no cats, commin being grown around base. No thumbs. Aug. 11 Picked up scats & pellets in Orinda Pasture. Haven't seen any cats there for months. Watching four towers reveals lots of mice and a few mus in evening and morning, not in middle of day. Saw 3 20-gram young feeding on one green thistle plant at same time, plus a fourth only a foot or so away. Still no fighting (except once at the rolled oats in an exercise wheel when one mouse chased another away accompanied by squealings). At least 2 mice tried to get at the oatmeal by squeezing under the wheel instead of merely stepping into it. Aug. 19 At 5 p.m. set Tidden Bird, every stake = 100 traps. Hot, lots of runways and white marks & droffings. Saw 3 mus or rather while setting at 2 miles. Commin still a triple green, a few thistles still green, but mostly dry. Saw 1 copper bowl on Inspronto Point - Orinda Rd and two red-tails over Tidden area, no cats. Picked off scats along upper Colburn Line (almost none) and on grid. Aug 20 Ran traps at 8 a.m. Sunny, no dew. 62 mice, 15 lether, and 1 mus , = 78 mice ! 1 DIT. Closed traps. Saw no cats, mice seemed in good condition, no scars, soile when handled. Opened traps at 5 p.m., 1 pair at alternate stations = 100 trap