Field notes, v1724
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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