Field notes, v1703
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Shaefer 1958 Journal page 10 Mt. Shasta, Siskiyou Co., Calif. Told by Mr. Lombardi that Ferrers had an alfalfa field, hovever his place was pretty rundown and the alfalfa field was gone. There were still gophers though so I set out traps (5 doubles, 1 single) We then returned to the hatchery and continued putting up gophers. About 8:20 PM we went to a small pond on the western edge of the hatchery property to shoot bats. We were accompanied by Ray Hill, the 19 yr. old door of the hatchery supervisor. The first bats appeared about 8:55 P.M. I got two shots, one at a large bat, one at a Myotis, but missed both. Young Hill had better success - 4 for 5. One Soriomyotis and 3 Epterus. We also picked up a Citellus beechyi from a skylux trap one of the other local boys had set for us (Bell). Skinned until midnight Altogether we have put up 46 gophers from Lombardi's. June 15 Update this A.M. Checked traps at the Ferrers Ranch. These gophers proved to have a shorter beak and to differ in other characters also. It would seem they are T. m. montanus. Therefore we set out a total of twenty traps a piece. We returned to the hatchery and skinned until 5 P.M. Then we went for dinner at the Hill's home. At 8:45 four of us went out shooting (Mr. Hill, Ray