Pawstone 1997 Journal 21 Sept 4. 3 1/2 mi. E, 1/2 mi. N, McCluskey Mt., 1900 ft., San Luis Obispo Co., California. canyon bottom. At the lower place I found surfer-sparrow sparrows watering & at the upper Mt. & Calif. Quail nearby and Bell sparrows, towhees (both in), Bewick wrens, Tanager, Pileated Wren & Empidonax sp? Chipmunks were numerous along the stream especially where there was bed scrub oaks nearby. Returned to camp at 8:30 and skinned til early p.m. when I worked up & set out 4 steel traps for the canyon visited in the am. Made 3 sets (2 singles & 1 double) a single at the upper waterhole & the others at the lower. Bird life very quiet. No kit. Quail in evidence. Came back to camp, took a bath & after supper set 76 Mus. Spc. traps baited & oatmeal 2 paces apart in the burned over Adenostoma just to the north of camp. The chaparral was about 50-50 Adenostoma & Eriodictyon crassifolium with rocky outcrops, sandy places & considerable dried grass. Shut a scrub owl about 8 p.m. & Dr. Mullers help in calling him up. Sept 5. Ran trap line immediately after breakfast. In addition to Pecosyscus, Dipos & Cercopterus skinned caught 17 in. Dipsos and 1 3/4 in pecosyscus here. Visited steel traps in canyon but no dice, shut chipmunk & a very scaly young gray squirrel in the canyon. Spent most of the rest of the day skinning, but went back up the canyon in the afternoon to add fresh bait to the steel traps. After supper Bill Salt & I set parallel trap lines in the burned over chaparral where I trapped last night. The lines were about 50 traps each, set