HG Weston 1945 14 Journal March 21 2 mi North of Gualala to 3.5 mi North of Ft Bragg, Mendocino Co. Calif. 6 p.m. we pulled into an auto camp along highway #1, 3.5 miles north of Ft. Bragg. Total miles traveled today 57.5 miles. 6:30 to 8 p.m. we set out snap traps in fresh water marsh below highway crossing of Mill Creek. We retired at 10:30 p.m. It was clear and sunny today until late in the afternoon. About 8 p.m. it began to rain. This morning while at Finhaven I saw the following species of birds: pine siskin, sparrow-hawk, english sparrow, Brewer blackbird, brush-tito, golden-crowned kinglet (10+), downy woodpecker, chestnut-backed chickadee (10+), white-crowned sparrow, western bluebird, varied thrush (20+), Audubon warbler, Oregon junco, turkey vulture, raven, Steller jay, pileolated warbler, winter wren, osprey. March 22 Mill Creek, 3.5 mi N of Ft. Bragg to Clarke Ranch, Mendocino Co. Calif. We got a late start today. It was raining (dark outside) and we had shades of bedroom pulled - result did not wake up to until 8 a.m. Banker's hours !!! After eating a quick breakfast (food and eating treated as a foolish formality on this trip) we went out to look at our traps (9:15 to 10:15 a.m.). Out of 65 traps set in the fresh water marsh, I caught the following: 1 Passerella melodia, 1 Rana aurora, 3 Sorex vagrans (2207), 2 Sorex trowbridgii, 1 Microstus californicus. While picking up my traps I saw a American bittern. 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. we sat in the cabin and prepared specimens caught last night. After finishing