TIEBLER 1950 JOURNAL APRIL 22 (cont) Point Isabel, Conner Costa Co., Calif. MUST OR WHATEVER IT IS THE EXTENDS THRU VENT AND OVER ME BUT MANAGED TO FORCE UP A SMALL MICROtus BODY WAS PRETTY WEAK SHOT - INTESTINE + BACK LEG SKIN PARTIALLY DISSOLVED BUT SAVED THE SLUM. MOUSE HAD BEEN SWALLOWED TAIL FIRST AND COMING UP WITH IT WERE TWO 1/2 INCH LONG SLUGS, SWALLOWED AFTER MOUSE HAD BEEN EATEN. 9:40 AM BEFORE ROAD LEADING NW INTO MARSH I CAUGHT A SECOND GARTER SNAKE ABOUT 30 INCHES LONG. 3-SCALE WIDE DORSON YELLOW STRIPE + SAME SIZE YELLOW SIDE STRIPES. SKID FROM EDGE OF BANK DOWN INTO CREEK IN FLOOR OF MARSH BROKE OVERHANGING WITH SANICORNIA - PULLED A STICK IN, PUT A STICK ON HIS HEAD AS HE COME OUT OTHER END I CAUGHT HIM. FELT STRONG AND ALONG BUT FOUND NO HUMPS OR ANYTHING INSIDE HIM. MANY MICROtus(?) BURROWS IN THIS AREA. FOUND A BIRD NEST ON N SIDE OF ROAD LEADING NW INTO MARSH. ON GRASS 20 FT FROM WATERS EDGE, + ABOUT 3 FT VERTC ABOVE WATER JUST DEPRESSION IN HALF MUD & HALF SAND GROUND, ON SCATTERED PATCHES OF 2 IN SAWIC, LINED WITH BROWN SHELLS + FEW BITS OF SANICORNIA STEMS. 3-4 IN ACROSS 4 EGGS 1 3/8 IN LONG - ABOUT 2/5 IN WIDE AT THICKEST PART DRY WHITE OR LIGHT GRAY WITH BLURISHY BROWN SPOT WITH