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HG. Weston
1945
13
Journal
March 20 cont
Inverness, Marin Co. to 2 mi. North of Gualala, Mendocino Co. Calif.
I went out and set out 65 Museum Special Snap Traps on floor of closed redwood forest nearby.
Back at the cabin the owner came in and we talked about the local mammals. He mentioned mt. lion,
bear, badger, mule, spotted and striped skunk,
jackrabbits, brush rabbit (he called them cottontails),
sea lions, seals, sea otter ? (he had not seen them
but knows man who claims to have seen them there
recently), gray fox, ring-tailed cat, 9:30 to 10:30 p.m.
we went out to look for owls. Had no luck and returned
and went to bed. Distance traveled today 84.9 miles.
March 21
2 mi north Gualala to 3.5 mi north of Ft. Bragg, Mendocino Co. California.
Arose at 7 a.m., ate breakfast and was out running trap
line at 8:10 a.m. Was back at cabin at 9 a.m. Out of
65 Snaptraps set out in slash on ground of dense
closed redwood forest I caught 6 Clethrionomys
Californicus (3 or 3?), 1 Sorex trowbridgii, 1 Peromyscus
maniculatus. 9 a.m. to 12 noon we spent preparing
specimens from last nights catch. After eating and
packing we left the Penehaven Cabins at 1:25 p.m. and
continued on up the coast along state highway #1.
At 1:30 p.m. we stopped along the highway near Anchor
Bay. Only .7 mile north of Penelaven Cabins. Spending
about 1/2 hour there we caught 3 Phenacomys longicaudus
in their nests up in the douglas fir. Further along
the highway, .8 mi south of the bridge across Slick Rock
Creek. There we caught 14 and 2 young Phenacomys. At
5:10 p.m. at Mendocino City I saw a pair of osprey. At