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Frances A. Prosek
1941
Journal
May 31 Russian Gulch State Park, Mendocino Co., California.
?Forest voacanes - which had well-developed masonry,
and no embargos in vitro. As approached place
where traps set (3:00 PM) heard one snap - jarment
trt & found it spring with nothing in it -
the meadow mouse was found deadfoot 4 a half
away. Perhaps the same thing happened in some
of the other trap boxes which had been sprung in
the past.
In some 5 museum species under picnic table
in our camp caught Brompees monaculates and a
Microtus. While serving her wedding Mrs Russell
saw a Zapus oranus scamper away twice
from under the table during the day.
Species seen today: Turkey vultures
soaring overhead, crow, white-crowned
sparrow, brush robin, kingfisher, olive
green swallow, oyster catcher, mallard,
Steller jay, song sparrow. Heard as usual
the continuous morning & evening song
of the resident backed thrush, the Heren-tit,
the pewee, & chickadee.
June 1 Sunny & warm all day. Collected 8 rat traps I
set at 6 PM May 31- 1 sprung with bail eaten
off - it was under stack of old redwood
twig-others all unsprung. Set these in
Rhoded, redwood forest at about 75-100ft
elevation; ground covered with dense matting.