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Seib, R.
1980
22 Nov Berteloy to Hastings Reservation, Monterey Co., California
the others. Rarely had caught a Didelphys
in a tomahawk trap. Dave and family
and Rosity faw and I went along
the salmon lab to a cabin where we
built a fire and sang songs and
played guitars and became intoxicated
until the very wee hours of the
morning. I slept near the fireplace
and a very active Neotoma kept
me awake much of the time.
23 Nov Woke up late - 10:30 - and found that
all were gone from camp. They had
gone to check the salmon line and
returned with quite a variety of
species, including Dipodomys, Peromyscus,
Perognathus, Neothrodonmys, a fox
and two birds. Meanwhile, I was
setting tomahawks. Last night after
catching the rodents in live traps, I
had set 14 more by myself. They
were all checked this morning while
I was sleeping and produced two more
Dipodomys and several Peromyscus,
including some large b californicus, and
Perognathus californicus. We ate lunch at
13:00. I later checked tomahawks and
found two Spermyshily leechayi and a