Field notes, v1724
Page 595
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U.C. Berkeley 1956 Journal. Sept 26 Strawberry Canyon, Berkeley, Alameda Co., Cal. Band 10' thru between field & Baecharis. Baecharis leo on up slope for 100 yds to conifers & eucalyptus on top of hill.) Ran traps at 8:am - got 2 Peromyscus californicus, 5 Pero- myscus truei along fence. 1 Perognathus californicus beside Baecharis bush near bot. gardens parking lot (dry hillsides with a few Artemesia bushes, 2 young Peromyscus truei and 2 Reithro- dontomys along Artemesia row beside thistle field. Several other traps in both places sprung with hair & blood in them, 1 Peromyscus truei caught by tail on tree limb 5' off of ground had cut string & orbored trap 15' before becoming stuck in bushes - dead when found, ants cut off patch of hair on many specimens. Baited with instant oatmeal & bird seed mixed (chewco & put on treebolts). One trap that hold a REITHRO - had the string cut of right near the rod flag (2' up in box) & the flag had a few holes gnawed in it. Mice for 200, 135 class.