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killed muntjacs at the entrance. Two
other freshly killed muntjacs lay in another
crevice nearby. This makes 4 different cats
seen on the area. A red-tail flew over the
grey & white cat; no reaction. Saw a Cooper?
banks.
Oct.4 Picked up scats, saw no cats. There has
been light bulldozing on the main horizontal
tracks.
Oct.5 Finished picking up scats on the area = 5 1/4 gallons.
saw no cats.
Nov.7 First rain, about 1/2 inch. Leaves begin to
come out again on some of the oaks stripped
by oak moths. This was a big oak-moth year.
Oscar Pairs says that muntjacs were very abundant
at the Russell Tract farm in Lafayette a year
ago (that is, summer of 1964).
Nov.9 Picked up scats on left hand end of the area, lots! No
doubt some were once overlooked at last collection, but
many fresh ones. Saw 2 cats: a yellow striped one
apparently too big to be one of the 2 patterns seen in October,
and a black one with inconspicuous orange brown spots.
When seen, the black one was following the yellow one
across the skyline first trail. Also found 1 very dead grey
and white one - dead at least 2 weeks. also 1 deer,
1 redtail, and 1 Cooper banks. Numerous jacky gopher
diggings. Also found an empty, small carton of mouse
poison pellets.