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Set up a "garden" in the Tillandsia near where we
park the car, about 50" x 50" and watered it with 6
gallons of Safa Seori water. Plot is bare sandy soil with
2 live Tillandsia.
July 15 W- min at 10 a.m., max 76°-50°, current 62°
watered the "garden" with another 3 gallons. Sampled the
macro - fauna under Tillandsia mats. Dismantled
the stone pile on top of the grid hill, no mice in it
and no signs even of recent occupancy!
Sweat traps (72) at 60 sweat traps on grid caught
3 sweat trapped mice:
#127 at E5
#125 at H6
#117 at G9
#112 at H11
untagged at J7
untagged at J9
#121 at L5
#122 at E4
and
#120 at L11
#124 at ? (not recorded)
untagged at K2
#108 at A8
#101 at A6
#116 at A10
untagged I2
#111 at G4
+ one hind foot of
phi. dermini in a
sweat trap at EH.
Probably #104
3 gallon water container is 14 x 10 x 4 1/4" = 600 in.^3
at 3 PM while collecting small earthworms (cloudy)12°, just under soil 21°, 3 inches down 22 1/2°,
10 feet traps in 8 sets -> 3 disturbed or bait gone but
no captures.
a fat pellet mouse held feathers, hair, 2 mus,
1 larger manual about rat size
20030 Burkhime? droppings in an area of about