Pastora 1947 Journal 10 Aug 22 4 mi S, 5 mi E, Shandon, 1175', San Luis Obispo, California. Flushed a barn owl out of a clump of wisteria in a cottonwood whereupon it was chased by a pair of sparrowshales. Found a mourning dove's nest 7' up in an isolated 15' willow. Flushed bird from nest which contained 1 egg. After supper reset the 35 traps up the small canyon to the south and added 7 more in the upper part of the canyon bottom. Observed saw Cottontail go under brush across canyon got closer & threw a rock at it & shot it when it came out. Reset ten Rat traps for Wood rats. Aug 23 Caught 1 woodrat before going to bed. In morning visited traps. 3ine yielded besides those skinned 1 bob-tailed desquatherus californicus (& no numb). 3 Dipos (20' & no numb) The seven additional traps had 2 Perognath, 1 miniature Nestoma in rat traps. Found one trap spring & blooded in the tree next to the one I set it in. Apparently a young horned owl had taken it with a woodrat & eaten the latter. Later walked north up a small canyon onto the ridge east of Gillis canyon & along the ridge & back down the ridge between the 2 main branches of the larger canyon which comes to the valley just East of camp returning about 10:30. On the main ridge there are scattered groups of Blue oaks & a lot of Juniper with Asteriscus, Haplophyllum & Selenium the principal shrub species. The brush is larger & a few Bell Sparrows were seen in it. Saw 2 Lewis Woodpeckers flying over the ridge also 2 parties of Bark bits in the junipers. Collected 1 but it was in bad