Thacker 1960 Journal p. 16. June 13th. 3.2 mi W, 0.2 mi N Calpine, 5680 +/- ft., Sierra Co., Calif - On their Mr. T-rell mentioned some large trapping success a quiet trapper had had on coyote the previous winter in the valley. We took off the Sierra Valley Road alone. After setting out our gopher traps we returned to Calpine and drove coyote over present camp. This area is very pleasant, relatively moist - forests by cedar, fir, spruce and pine. This area is largely second growth, however there are a few big trees around. We heard both Willow and Hermit Thrushes while having supper. About 8:50 PM we saw the first bat fly and spent the next 35 minutes shooting. Pete got one Lasionyctis and a Myotis evotis, I missed a couple of times, about 10:00 PM I got out about 70 snap traps. June 14 3.2 mi W, 0.2 mi N Calpine 5680 +/- ft., Sierra Co., Calif. Up rather late this AM. about 7:45 AM. Checked my snaptraps but no result. After breakfast we headed on down into the valley and drove up the W side. Checked an locality at 3.5 mi N, 1.5 mi E Calpine Sierra Co., where I'd taken T. bottae last September, but found no gopher workings. From here we continued N about 2 mi. and looked over a couple of fields for gophers workings near the place where I had taken a T. bottae last spring (4.4 mi N, 1.5 mi E Calpine) still no sign of gophers, although we looked around in an old alfalfa field. Returning S along the road we took turns walking along the