Field notes, v1520
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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