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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