C. ZIEGLER 1956 JOURNAL APR.7 POINT ISABEL, CONNES COSTA CO., CRAN. (CONT) 6:15 PM CHECKED ANH SURFACE RUNS I COULD FIND ON NE SIDE OF ROAD LEADING INTO SALICORNIA MARSH, AT ONE SPOT ABOUT 8 PT ABOVE WATER I FOUND RUNS WITH FRESH DROPPINGS ABOUT THIS SIZE O + SAW MOVEMENT IN GRASS BUT NOT THE ANIMAL - AT 6:30 WHILE WRITING THIS A MUD WAS SPRUNG (MUS. SPEC) BUT ANIMAL APPARENTLY PULLED LOOSE & RAN THRU SALICORNIA 12-15 INCHES HIGH TO ANOTHER BURROW. GROUND CRAVED MORE DOWN TO 1' AND MANY RUNS + BURROWS ARE PRESENT. FOUND FRESH GRASS STALKS + SMALL DROPPINGS IN FRONT OF HOLE UNDER ROCK ON BANK ON BARE GROUND, TOO SMALL + THIN FOR MICROTUS, MORE 2" IN O.I.A. SET TRAP HERE, ALSO SET TRAPS ON SW SIDE OF ROAD IN SOME TYPE OF SALICORNIA + CRAVELD EARTX WHERE I FOUND QUITE A SYSTEM OF RUNWAYS. APR.8 RAN TRAPS THIS AM AT 7:45. GOT (5) MICROTUS + 2 MUS. (TRAPS ON NE SIDE OF ROAD / MICROTUS, MUS - REST OF MAMMALS ON SW SIDE OF ROAD), LIFTED A FLAT WOOD PLANK + FOUND A SYSTEM OF RUNWAYS UNDER IT, ALSO A PILE OF CUT DEAD PIECES OF GRASS SPREAD OUT ON SURFACE IN A CIRCLE 80-9 INCHES ACROSS AND TAPERING DOWN UNDERNEATH