1967 Aug. 24 Traps? at 7 a.m. held 3 mice and 1 Rattlers. Sept. 12 To Hastings Reservation with E Miller. Set up a 2 x 2 yd. exclusion (1/2" burlap cloth with plastic strip) in the field across the creek from Long Field, then we buried 18" deep to exclude moisture. Nearly set up another similar exclusion but wire not buried. Sept. 13 Staked out a single Colburn line in the same field, another through chains on Haystack Hill (10 stakes) and along the chain-grass boundary (10 staked), and a third line through "blue" oak woodland on Schoolhouse Hill above Davis' lizard area. Saw almost no moisture sign in the exclusion field, none in the woodland, but numerous "nests" in the grass on Haystack Hill. Very few carnivore droppings seen except for one concentration of 20 or 30 on Haystack, Oct. 8 Orinda. Put 22 Sherman at 6 p.m. along the fence between our pasture and Fitzgerald's. Dear mom, at 9:30 p.m. they held 3 Peromyscus (all released). Oct. 9, at 7 a.m. traps held 2 Peromyscus and 1 Ratlers and 1 Mus., left the mus. No sign of moisture. First rain this year was about 1/2 inch on Oct. 3. New grass is not up yet. 3 mi. W. Navarro, Merced Co. Oct. 13 With deer put 95 Sherman at 4:30 p.m. through redwoods near north fork of Navarro River, a little bog fir, tan oak, lots of downed logs, thick duff etc. Baited half with rolled oats and half with rolled oats and sunflower oil. Checked traps at 6 p.m. Empty. Checked traps at 9:30