OCTOBER 1956 JOURNAL APR 15 (CONT) POINT ISABEL, CONNER COSTA CO., CAMP. WIDE STRIP OF HIGH GROUND (6FT ABOVE WATER) AND BEHIND ARE BEING FILLED IN WITH OIL FROM SOME HIGHWAY PROJECT. I SAW THE GROUND BEFORE FILLIN AND IT MIGHT HAVE SHELTERED SOME MICROTUS BUT DID NOT HAVE THE EXTENSIVE SNOW COVER AS ON N SIDE OF ROAD. HAD A VERY LOW TIDE THIS AM WITH THE WATER LINE AT LEAST 100 YDS OUT FROM BOATH. WARM & CLOUDY LAST NIGHT WITH LIGHT RAIN. WARM & CLOUDY THIS AM, SAW A GROUND SQUIRREL ALONG E SIDE OF OIL SHADE HWY BUT HAVE SEEN NONE ON MUDY DYKES NE ROAD. ON A N ROTING POINT NW OF PT ISABEL (SEPARATED ONLY BY A 20 FT WIDE STRIP OF WATER AT HIGH TIDE BUT CROSSABLE ON ROCKS AT LOW TIDE) I FOUND A RATTUS REMAINS - TRAIL, VERTICAL PIT & BARK SKIN - BESIDE IT 2 INCH IN DIA. HOLE - LOOKED LIKE WORK OF SOME SMALLER ANIMAL - PROBABLY MICROTUS OR (?) OTHER RATTUS. AROUND THE MICRUS AND LARGER HOLES IN ISABEL MUSH I NOTICED TODAY, & OIL IN THE PAST FEATHERS & BONES, APPARENTLY DRAGGED NEAR. NEVER COMPLETE SKELETONS, JUST WINGS OR RIBS ETC.