Field notes, v1520
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in the surrounding area, but also scattered grass (coats?) which is absent from the surrounding area. The lower enclosure in a grassy area seems similar to surroundings. Few good runways, but quite a few active- looking holes, especially up on top of the knoll where it is grassy and where mice are ordinarily scarcest (shallow soil). Nov. 30 Full moon. Morning foggy. Ran traps at 8 a.m. 2 shrews, 2 micrastura, and 6 Rattus. No signs of breeding, all adults or none of them tagged ones. Judging by signs there are more micrasturus present than this. Dogs found lots of places to dig, and they caught one mice while I was running my traps. a brush rabbit at home was sitting amidst lush new grass eating leaves that have fallen from a flowering peach tree, some of the leaves yellow. Set Calburn live in Tilden (Col. 3) = 120 museum specials baited with peanut butter, at 4 pm, saw only about 2 fairly fresh runways. One red-tail. One bobcat near the botanical garden. Sunny, but a bitter cold wind was blowing fog in from inland. Dec 1-3 Ran traps at 8 a.m., cold, light fog. In lower Calburn 1 Rattus; Upper Calburn 1 Rattus, 1 mice, 3 Peromyscus maniculatus, and (garden crowns). Saw copper lamb and jackrabbit on the area, plus a jack rabbit dead on Dana Road.