Pestonry 1947 Journal 8 Aug 19. 4mi S, 5mi E Shandon, San Luis Obispo Co., California of San Juan Creek. The creek valley is perhaps half a mile wide with scattered Cottonwoods along the creek proper (which is dry). When we are the creek is near the south side of the valley where there are a series of small canyons gosing up into the hills which rise abruptly from the valley. The hills are covered with a sparse growth of Haplopappus averaging 3-4' tall with some Eriogonum growing with it. The understory is a sparse cover of low grass. In some parts of the hillside are small groups of scattered Blue Oak or low Junipers. The creek bottom is sandy with some dry grass and some Heliotrope which is in bloom. The valley bottom, perhaps 4' above the creek bottom is apparently an alkali flat as Distichlis is prominent and in places where there has not been overgrazing there may good patches of Atriplex. Other forms to be collected. To the north the hills are higher (Red Hill to 2500') and covered & scattered shrubs. with a series of alluvial fans at the mouths of the canyons. Collected birds in the Am. in the Cottonwoods 3' Blue oaks. In late pm. set 65 traps (Museum special) on hillside just south of camp in the Haplopappus and 10 more in the creek bottom near camp. Closed half of line about 8:30pm but found no captures in the new traps. Aug 20 Found 1 imm. Perithodactylus (Q) & spawner 599,600; 601 in the traps in the creek bottom; and 590 to 598 plus 3 peromyscus maniculatus (2 Q & 1 no numb.) in the traps on the hillside. In pm. went to near mouth of Carr's canyon & helped Dr Miller & Dr McMillan set some steel traps for bat fox which they