Field notes, v1537
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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.