Field notes, v1724
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P.C.ZICERAS 1956 Journal SEPT. 29 SAGINAW CREEK, 6400 FT. 3 MI. NW HOGART MILLS, NEVADA (CONT) SPOTTED TOWNSEND FOX SPARROW ??? (DON LAURENCE) JUNCO (MANY - 30+) Also set 5 traps around cabin at midnight + 5 min's later cot a Peromyscus maniculatus also 1 more during night. saw 2 F (DEAD WITHOUT SPIKES) Odocoileus hemionus on rocky slope in conifers about 7:30 PM. last night. Many deer hunters around o. 1 care-hit deer(?) on road - hit last night, SEPT. 30 SET OUT 39 MUS SPEC'S, 5 RAT + 5 SCHUYLER TRAPS IN WET GRASSY MEADOW BESIDE STREAM LAST NIGHT. MUS SPEC'S BESIDE 3OR 4 IN. WIDE RIVULETS + ALONG STREAM COT UNDER OVERHANGING ROOFS OF DRY + GRASS. RAT TRAPS + SCHUYLERS BAITED WITH WALNUTS AND/OR DRUGO FRUIT + SET ON LOGS. NONE OF THOSE SPRUNG, THO, BUT MUS SPEC'S CAUGHT 5 MICROTUS LONGICAVUS, 50 MUS SPEC'S AND 5 RAT TRAPS SO LEFT OUT FROM YESTERDAY ON DRY ROCKY SLOPE HAD ONLY 2 Peromyscus maniculatus. TOTAL: 87 MUS SPEC'S - {5 MICROTUS LONGICAVUS 25 "BIG" LIVE TRAPS - 1 PEROMYSCUS MANICULATUS 10 RAT TRAPS - NOTHING 5 SCHUYLER TRAPS - " SAW DRACO POREUPINE BESIDE ROAD ABOUT 30 MILES AWAY FROM SAGINAW