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Quest
1948
Journal
31
April 23
San Fernando Mission 1500, Baja California.
Let out 50 Museum Special traps
through the bunch grass and along the
Tules and mesquite. The moon
is about full tonight, the sky is clear
and the wind blowing in gusts..
Nothing remains of the old mission
except several walls, badly weathered.
April 24
7:00 AM Minimum Temperature last night
was 32° F.
50 Museum Specials baited with walnut
and set in bunch grass and along stream
and mesquite, and Tules caught 3 Peromyscus
maniculatus and 3 Reithrodontomyx.
11:15 A.M. The day has turned out to be warm,
and sunny with a breeze blowing from the
west.
Birds seen and heard: California Gull, Coot,
Violet-green Heron, Sila Woodpecker, a small
blue Heron with an orange throat, Blackbird,
Chat, Killdeer.
The mission is located on the north side of
a canyon running E W, and situated about
100 yds from the marsh at the canyon bottom.
Another building in the same state of repair
is located about 1000 yds W in the canyon
it being on the south side. I assume it too
is part of the old mission.