Field notes, v1524
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AKP 1973 gun and he shot it. The Phyllotis were all sizes - Lots of quite small ones, and one of the larger was seen variable in color. I thought there were some (somewhat muddled ears ?) smallist mice who behaved a little differently - they tended to dash madly when the light was on them, whereas others that were perhaps larger Phyllotis just nibbled away unconcernedly. More eyeside came from every crevice, and there were at least 15 mice climbing in and around a shrubby-rocks area on one side of the pit. I walked a short way down the rock and saw 2 little Phyllotis with a piece of watermelon rind they were making off with. Finally back to bed, and still we were conscious of mice running past our faces or over our sleeping bags. There were several mice in the tent - gnawing affectionately at an avocado. They also went for some chocolate cakes, but left the bananas strictly alone. This morning we counted the numbers of mice who had ended up in traps - of my 20 traps, 11 had mice, 2 had had mice but they got out. The three traps under the table all had mice in them. All the bread had disappeared from the pit, as all the smaller pieces of melon rind. Dave at OP also had enormous catches. OP helped me fiddle long of four mice for EM, while Dave put up some akodon. The