Field notes, v1703
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Thaler 1960 Journal P.17. June 14 (sat) 3.2 mi. W, 0.2 mi. N Calpine, 5680+ ft., Sierra Co., Calif road and driving for about 1 1/2 mi., starting adjacent to where we had checked earlier in the A.M. Still no signs of gopher working. After this we checked our traps further along the road and had two T. monticola apices. Then we drove on S three Sierraville and on E 1/2 town out of the meckly a little ways to eat lunch. Upon returning to Sierraville we checked some fields just outside (W of town) along Routes 49, and 89. but still couldn't find any signs of gophers, although here again there were old alfalfa fields. We then continued N taking the left (W) fork in Battley. At a place 1.9 mi. S, 0.1 mi. W Calpine, 5300+ ft., Sierra Co. we saw some gopher working in a dry stream bed. We got about 13 sets here and continued back to camp. We stopped and put out snap trap lines in McNair Meadow. We returned to camp here about 5:30 PM. I walked down the road to the W a quarter of a mile or so and shot a Macouni Chickadee, after supper we went down to McNair Meadow to shoot bats. They started to fly about 8:40 and we continued to shoot until about -- 7:30 or so. I got one Myotis which I dropped and failed to recover when I checked a few snap traps. Took two Microtus gorgicandus in my snap trap lines, by 9:30 PM. We returned to camp and skinned until about midnight. June 15 3.2 mi W, 0.2 mi. N Calpine, 5680+ ft., Sierra Co. 4 p.m. late, about 8 AM. After breakfast we checked our traps in the