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A.C.ZIEGLER
1956
Journal
Dec. 9 San Rafael (400 block Bret Harte Rd) 300 ft, Marin Co. Camp.
(Cont.) APART HERE. TRAPS IN WOODS SET
15-20 FT. APART. TREES WERE
MOSTLY BAY WITH ABOUT 90% TOP
COVERAGE ABOVE. NO POTION
WATER SEEN BUT GROUND DAMP
+ MUDDY IN CERTAIN PLACES, ON
GROUND LEAF LITTER WAS 2 INCHES
DEEP WITH A FEW ("BISTRO")? PEAS
+ SOME ROSON OAK. GROUND
HEAVY QUITE A BIT OF DEBRIS IN
MANY PLACES BUT IN OTHERS
PARTLY CLEAN DIRT, 2 OCCUPIED(?)
WOOD RAT NESTS SEEN.
GOT ONLY 1 "PEROMYSCUS MANICULATUS"
AND THIS SHOWING SOME GREY
PENGUE AND TRAPPED RUNNING
ACROSS TRAP APPARENTLY. SAWIN
BROKEN SO NOT SAVED. Very
LIGHT FROST THIS A.M. ON CHAPARAL
SHADES. BIRDS SEEN!
Crow - 10
GULL S - 50
CEDAR WARWING - 4+
RUBY CRY KINGLET - 1
OAKSON JUNCO - 10
TALKED TO 3 KIDS OUT WITH "BB" GUNS
BUT THEY HAD NOT SEEN ANY NEURO -
TRICHUS EVER BROUGHT IN BY CATS.
DR. TAGGERS OLD HOME WAS LESS
THAN AN 1/2 MI. AWAY FROM TRAP
LINE. HIS CAT USED TO BRING IN
NEUROTRICHUS. GOOD MAP OF AREA
FROM "FLYING A" OBSERVATIONS
"SAN RAFAEL + MARIN CO.".