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Charles
1957
Page 2 Journal
near road at saddle ele. 1800'. R. Banks and I set
45 south of road on area covered by sage and higher on
area with rock outcrops and sage. 4 Schyler traps along
top of ridge. Ondrias and Muhlback set 48 traps across the road.
Ondrias and I set 25 traps along [illegible] slope of Mt. Russell
just above cultivated area at elevation of 1550'.
During upon verification of permissions with George
Hensar for camping on Mt. Russell's south east side. Ondrias
and the area chosen for camping was an east running draw at
about 1700' ele. Two traps sprung during dinner one yielding
a Peromyscus and another Dipodomys. After dinner attempts
were made to net small mammals seen in the headlights of
the car. Walt took one Peromyscus along road from valley up to
our camp, about 7 mi above the valley. About equal nos. (8 each) of
Dipodomys and other small forms were seen. We continued
on east and south to Lahaviee and repeated our route of
the A.M. 70s then Dipos were seen except when we approached
over the Mt Russell area again (2 seen on the NW slope of
the Berneremi Mtns. One jackrabbit (Lepus californicus)
was found dead in the Tarbe View Mtns. 7 mi N. of the
road junction at Juniper Flats. Back to camp by 10:30 P.M.
Apr-23
Up at 6:00 A.M. Dick and I got 1 Peromyscus with
long tails from the alluvial fan of [illegible] on the south slope of
Mt Russell, and 5 short-tailed Peromyscus, also 2 Dipodomys. Long-tailed
Peromyscus were taken from the rocky slopes. Two Meotona and one
Perognathus were also taken from the rocky area. John and Walt got
a similar distribution of their Peromyscus and one Dipodomys. John and
I got two Dipodomys, one Perognathus, 5 long-tailed, and 8 short-tailed Peromyrs.
from sage and scrub slope covered with thick grass just above the cultivated
valley floor ele. 1550', S.E. slope of Mt. Russell.
I had me Peromyscus from the Oaklands while Dick took one
Peromyscus californicus from near a woodrat house. Walt and John had
2 Dipodomys from a canyon bottom covered with wild lilac, also
one Peromyscus. Traps were set in this habitat in an effort to take more