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Pawstorn
1944
Journal, 8/11
Aug 7. 1 mi SE San Benito Pkale, 4400', San Benito Co., Calif.
I waited there with walnut. Also set 10 museum
specials along the disintegrated serpentine
to the north of camp. These were baited with oatmeal.
After supper went south along the road a way
of owls or poorwills but saw or heard none.
Did see several bats - large (Eptesius?) & small
(mystio? or pipistillus). Retired about 9 pm.
Aug 8. Arose 5:45 am had breakfast & ran trap lines - one
by stream yielded 6 Peromyscus maniculatus &
one Sorex. The line on the hill yielded one
Dipodomys elephantinus. Skinned mammals
& cooper hawks (collected down the stream while
setting house traps the night before) and a
white breasted nuthatch which drifted into
camp while I was sleeping. In the afternoon
~~ took gun & two sets of gopher traps down
the stream. Made two gopher sets in fresh
diggings near upper end of trap line & continued
down stream. Bathed in a small hole in the
stream by a small meadow (closely grazed)
& continued down stream for half a mile
or so saw a dozen or more hummers & collected
a Wilson Warbler & linsos and several plants
including Parnassia, Castilleja, Salix, grass,
Zygadenus & Broudea visoides (or something similar)
The latter growing under pines at camp & the
others by the stream in wet places.