Field notes, v1724
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ZIEGLER 1954 JOURNAL DEC 19 (CONT.) SOME MICROTUS RUNWAYS ALOWS EXTRA HIGH TIDE LINE NEAR BLUFFS. MANY IN BLUFFS. - 95 REITHRODON TOMYS 2 PAIR INGUINAL MAMMAE, , PAIR THORAEIC (ENLARGED) - STOM. CONTS VEGETABLE MATTER (DATHY SOLICORNIA ?) - 96 MICROTUS. FLEA COLLECTED. STOM. CONTS - GREEN VEGETABLE MATTER (SOLICORNIA ?) - 97 MICROTUS FLEA + TICK(?) COLLECTED. NO EMBS, BUT 2 PAIR INGUINALY 1 PAIR THORAEIC MAMMAE SLIGHTLY ENLARGED. STOM. CONTS GREEN VEGETABLE MATTER (SOLICORNIA ?) SEVERAL DUCKS SEEN DEAD AT WATERS EDGE. THERE PARTLY EATEN AS WAS ALSO A COOT + WHITE PERICAN. ALSO ONE CRIPPLED DUCK PADDLING AWAY FROM SHORE. SEVERAL DUCK HUNTERS IN BRADS AWAY FROM SHORE. THERE DEAD DUCKS APPARENTLY ONES THAT GOT AWAY - FOR A WHILE AT LEAST. LOST TWO TRAPS - ONE THRU LACK OF A MARKER & THE OTHER JUST GONE. ALL TRAPS SET 10'-20' FROM WATERS EDGE. BAIT - PEANUT BUTTER + BACON GREASE. TEMP. 35-40 F. DEC 20 SET OUT 18 MOUSE TRAPS LAST NIGHT JUST ABOVE HIGH TIDE LINE ON BAYSHORE BETWEEN PAN AM, & UNITED AIRWAYS. CAUGHT TWO MUS - ONE COLLECTED TO SHOW WHITENESS OF UNDERPARTS. - 98 PARASITE COLLECTED. STOMACH CONTENTS - VEGETABLE MATTER. WITH BROKEN. MOST OF TRAPS NOT SPRUN ALTHO A COUPLE IN MICROTUS RUNWAYS SPRUNG BUT BAIT STILL INTACT. TEMP. 35 F. BAIT PEANUT BUTTER +