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on the trails, some of them rummies, some torn in
half, some entire. Not near the sequoias.
Each sequoia now has a thin sprinkling
of rolled oats near the base, about a heaping
tablespoon, spread out, near each. In the
gutter where Mr. Knights' car was parked was
a gummed label from a container of grain poisoned
with zinc phosphide, prepared by Contra Costa &
Part of Agrie.
The 20 traps in zones A and B held 4 mice/otter,
used alternate traps to shift stations so that now
there are 100 traps in pairs at alternate stations.
Mr. Knights was poisoning again at 5 p.m., I watched
for about 10 minutes. He went from tree to tree
carrying a no. 2 1/2 can of grain, tossing a pinch here
and a pinch there, not just at trees but various
places between them. Found 1 dead spotted towhee,
no deer mice. Saw no cats.
Oct 9 Sprinkled overnight, but warm. Run traps at
7:30 a.m., 52 mice/otter, 14 Red-tails, and 2 Perro
catarrhine, saw 1 large garter snake, no cats.
saw 1 dead mouse near sequoias, probably a poisoned one,
Traps closed.
at 4:30 p.m. moved pairs of traps to alternate sites, 100
saw Sparrow hawk and red-tail, no cats. Clear
Oct 10 Clear. Relocated all traps at 7:30 a.m., 49 mice/otter,
21 Red-tails, 1 Perro catarrhine, 1 fox, 1 Jerusalem cricket,
1 mouse, 3 of the mice and the fox dead or dying. Saw 1