21EBLOE 1950 JOURNAL APR 29 (CONT) POINT ISABEL, CONNER COSTA CO., CALIF. 4 MICROTUS, 3 MUS (1 TRAPPED FMR, 1 BY TAIL + 1 TAIL ONLY!), + 1 SONG SPARROW. SET 50 MUS. SPEC'S + HOST 1. SET 2 RAT TRAPS ALSO IN 2 TO 3 INCH WIDE RUNS THAT SHOWED BIGGER-THAN-MOUSE-SIZE TRAPS. 1 RAT NER SPRING - BLOOD+ GRAY HAIR UNDER BAR BUT NO PAINMAN. DROPPINGS IN RUN IN THICK BUT SONICARDED 6 IN HIGH WERE ABOUT MUS SIZE - PROBABLY RATTUS. SEVERAL OF THE MUS SPEC'S IN MARE OR LESS OPEN MESH WERE SPRUNG + DRAGGED SEVERAN INCHES - PROBABLY ALSO RATTUS. COLLECTED A DOZEN OR SO OWN(?) PERMITS FROM GROUND UNDER TELEPHONE POLE NEAR NW ROAD - SHOWING MICROTUS + PERHAPS OTHER SKULLS. WITH TRY TO HAVE OR MINOR TOWN ME, & THEY'RE OWL HAWK PERMITS. SAW 1 INTERSTINAL TRPET ON TOP OF LARGE DRIFT WOOD BEAM ON DIKE IN MARCH, COLLECTED GRASS THAT WAS STANING UP IN MANY BURROWS TO TRY TO HAVE IT IDENTIFIED. OUT IN MARSH 9:AM (CLOCK MOVES UP 1 HOUR LAST NIGHT) TO 11:AM NO SNAKES SEEN. LOW TIDE AT 9:AM CLEAR, WARM SHORT WIND.