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(1 Sorah/pacificus and about 8 Peromyscus), 12 minutes (1 Sorah
pacificus and about 6 Peromyscus), 2:30 (1 Sorah townsendii
and 1 S. vocans or townsendii plus about 6 Pero), and at
5:15 a.m. (about 5 Peromyscus). The Pero were released at
time of collection expected for about 10 of the earlier ones.
Oct-14
Pitched up same line at about 9 a.m., no more there.
Half of the traps were baited (alternately) with rolled oats and
half with rolled oats plus siphonace oil. At 10:30 p.m.
when going to re-baiting with straight oats, we stuffed
corn; the score was about 15 to 16.
Left at noon and drove to mouth of Elk Creek 2 mi.
SSE Elk where we set traps in grassy-weeping meadow
meadow bordered by blackberry, thimbleberry, alders,
squawroot, thistle, nettles etc. Numerous Muscardine running
when we set at 1:30 p.m. Ran traps about 3:30 and
had 1 Sorah vocans and 2 big mice.
Ran traps every 2 1/2 hrs and caught large numbers of
Peromyscus maniculatus (about 10-15 each run), a few
Batherson, and a few mice plus one more Sorah
vocans dead in the trap.
Oct 15.
Pitched up traps about 8 a.m. and set in two
saw-grass buck-grass areas near Altman and Weberina.
Caught many Muscardine (about 8) in one of the places with
about 25 traps, but no shrews (set between 10:30 a.m.
and 1:30 p.m.)