1958 Orinda Jan 2 50 Sherman traps (natural) in Orinda pasture at 4:30 p.m. yesterday. lush grass and weeds (mustard, thistle), about 4 plow cuts grass cutting but few good runways. # started to rain about 5 p.m.; heavy rain during night shut down in a.m. Traps held 3 mice, 1 male cricket, 11 Rethera, 2 shrews, and 5 meervstus including a big lactating adult and 3 pregnant juveniles (26-28 g/mice). Mustard has been blooming for several weeks. It was a good acorn fall. Jan. 3 Left traps out. Today 8 more Rethera and 6 mice. Jan. 8 Some oats with seed heads already. Feb. 14 40 Sherman in pasture and north pasture overnight; natural, cloudy + some rain. Caught 2 shrews, 2 mice, 2 meervstus, 10 Rethera (805 ad 28). Lots of mustard blooming, some oats with seed heads but most not yet. March 14 50 Sherman in pasture overnight; rain during night. some oats ripe but most not. much mustard seeding. Caught 3 meervstus, 8 Rethera, 4 mice, 2 shrew. Fairly abundant meervstus sign. May 30 50 Sherman stone Simpson and Fitzgerald in Orinda overnight. Caught 7 Rethera, 7 mice, and 11 meervstus. Wasn't much meervstus sign. Vegetation drying up rapidly now, last of mustard in bloom.