ZIEGLER 1950 JOURNAL MAR 3 WIND CAT CANYON, CONTRA COSTA CO., CALIF. LEFT TENNIS COURTS AT TILDEN PARK AT 8:15 AM. AND WORKED DOWN TO SEWEL LAKE THEN WE ALONG FIRE ROAD TO WOODLAND CAMPGROUND VICINITY, THEN AROUND FIRE ROAD AGAIN ENDING UP A TENNIS COURTS AGAIN AT 11:45 AM. INTERMITENT LIGHT RAIN, MOSTLY OVERCAST, SLIGHT WIND AT TIMES & FAIRLY WARM. FOUND SEVERAL TARICHA IN SMALL STREAMS AND CRAWLING THRU 6" HIGH GRASS IN CAMPGROUND & ON NIGHSIDES. AT LEAST ONE OF THEM INTO LIGHT ORANGE COMING UP TO BOTTOM OF EYE BUT NO MOST HAD BROWN AREA EXTENDING BELOW EYE. BIRDS SEEMED QUIET & RELATIVELY SCARED BUT ALSO SOME FLOCKS OF BUSH-TITS, CHICKADEES & RUBY CRO KINCHETS MIXED WERE SEEN. NO WHITE CRO SPARROWS. OWL PELLET FOUND AT ____________ PICNIC SPOT - CONTAINED SKULL OF MICROTUS (?) & OTHER SMALL RODENT BONES. SEVERAN BATRACHERS FOUND UNDER LOGS & BOARDS. DEFENSE EX. OF TARICHA OBSERVED WHEN HIT ON BACK - BODY KRAZZENED, HEAD & TAIL ARCHES OVER BODY. NO TARICHA IN CAMPFILES. "TAME" DEER SEEN. BIRDS: PICO-BOGROSS - 1 MARRADO - 5 MARAHAD X MUSCOVY (?) - 1 NEW PITTER (GROOSES?) - 1 RED-TAILED HAWK - 1 MOURNING DOVE - 2 (F. CANNING) HORNIOOWL (?) - 1 (CANNING ONCE)