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Frances Whack
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Journal.
Merged Russian Hill Rd State Park, Mendocino Co., California
many small renrags, lemurrows, & other hiding places. Can't figure out why we should catch all male Penampyrees manipulates
May 22. Today was used for gopher & mole trapping. The ground is covered with dense vegetation offering good feeding for gophers & moles. There are gopher lemurrows evidenced by mounds all over. Set 6 traps but caught none.
Set Mole Trap. Later saw fresh mounds near trap, dug surface tunnel (1 1/2 inches deep) and got young gopher poked its head out. Jean Boulware picked it up by the tail, and we put it in an old cracker can. Josephine Crawley & I took hike to beach while awaiting results on gopher traps. Along shore about 50 ft from ocean high up on jetty land calending out in ocean observed white-tit in bush. Chirred loudly at first, flitted around, then gave familiar call. Many white-crowned sparrows in this area - some are nesting in this area. Saw pair carrying food to a bush in which there evidently was a nest. Song sparrows abundant here & singing all the time. Wide strip of land between main highway & the ocean is a grassy meadow