EYEBLER 9/56 MICROTUS CALIFORNICUS APR 17 (cont) BAYSHORE HIGHWAY - BUCHANON STREET, ALBANY, ALAMEDA CO., CALIF. NO DROPPINGS, GRASS CUTTINGS ETC. NOTICED. TWO CAUGHT 2 MYS NEARBY ALSO. APR 22 POINT ISABEL, CONTRA COSTA CO., CALIF. 9:15 AM CAUGHT GARDEN SQUIRREL WITH YOUNG(?) MICROTUS INSIDE. SLOW SAVED. SWALLOWED FOOT FIRST + THEN SLICKED DOWN WITH MUCUS, APR 29 # CAUGHT IN RUNS IN SOLICARNIA ON N SIDE OF NW ROAD INTO MARSH. MANY RUNS FOUND IN USE BY (PROBABLY) MICROTUS BUT ONLY 1 MICROTUS CAUGHT ON EACH OF 4 RUNWAY-COVERED MEAS WHERE TRAPS WERE PLACED. IN OTHER WORDS NO TWO MICROTUS TODAY WERE CAUGHT CLOSER THAN 40 TO 50 FT FROM EACH OTHER EVEN TWO WEEKS AFTER RUNWAYS WITH FRESH SQUIC, A GRASS CUTTINGS SHOWED MICE TO BE ACTIVE HERE. OR DOES 1 MOUSE "HOLD" A RELATIVELY LARGE TERRITORY ? MANS WILDCAT CANYON CONTRA COSTA CO., CALIF. 9:20 AM - SAW 1 1/4 SHALLOW PIT WIDE OPTH BESIDE ROAD COVERED WITH BRUSH ON HILL SLOPE SIDE & ON ROADSIDE WITH 15 INCH HIGH GRASS. MOUSE APP HAS BEEN CUTTING THE HIGH GRASS SINCE I GAVE (15") STEMS WERE FOUND IN OPTH + A PILE OF 2 TO 3 INCH SEGMENTS PILED UP.