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Elevation
1956
JOURNAL
Mar 24 Strawberry Canyon, U.C. Campus, Oakland Alameda Co., Calif.
(CONT.)
CAUGHT: 1 SPLOOUS PVIVCIUS, 2 TRAGMYS
3 CETONRACORONYMS, 3 PEROMYSCUS CALIFORNICUS, 3 P. TRUEI, 1 P.
MANICULATUS, ALSO IN TRAPS
(MOSTLY YEARS BAITED WITH BIRDSEED
& ROLLED OATS) 2 WREN-TITS,
2 SPOTTED & 2 BROWN TOWNIECS, 2
GARDENCROWNED SPARROWS, 1 SONG
& 1 FOX SPARROW. I LEFT
SOME OF THE MAMMALS & SEVERAL
OF THE BIRDS TO PUT UP. THE
SNAKE WENT TO HERB LAB, &
ELBERT BROOK TOOK MOST OF REST
OF BIRDS & MOM'S FOR A HIGH-SCHOOL
TEACHER FRIEND. AREA WORKED
WAS SHORES ABOVE AND TO THE
N & E OF U.C. BOTANICAL GARDENS.
OUT FROM 8:15 AM TO 12:15 PM.
Mar 25 Point Isabel, Contra Costa Co., Calif.
SET OUT 50 MVS. SPEC'S LAST NIGHT AT
6:00 PM. IN SALICORNIA MARSH ON NW
SIDE OF POINT, JUST BAYWARD FROM THE
SHEET RANGE OF THE SHOOTING CLUB THERE,
5 TRAPS SET IN PATCH OF SAND GAVE NOTHING
2-SPRING-TWO. SAND IS AT SW END OF AREA
TRAPPED. OTHER 45 TRAPS SET IN 6-10 INCH
HIGH SALICORNIA (SOME IN MICROTUS RUNS
ON SLIGHTLY ELEVATED (ABOUT 1-2FT ABOVE
SALICORNIA) KNOLLS WHICH SHOWED RARE
MICROTUS(?) BURROWS & RUNWAYS. THESE
ONES ON KNOLLS I'LL CALL "HIGH" TRAPS,
& ONES ON MUDDY GROUND UNDER SALICORNIA