A.C.Bisbee 1958 JOURNAL. 1700 FT TAN80 1 m.e, 2mi. N TAZNA (SANDERSON CO.) INYO Co, Caunt. A FEW 1 TO 2 FT HIGH SMALL BUSHES (ACERPHAX??) ABOUT 5-10 FT APART, SAW DOG OR COYOTE TRACKS ON SAND, ALSO A FEW DEER OR SHEEP TRACKS AND / SET OF COW'S. 3 RAVENS ONLY BIRDS SEEN, SAW HOLES 2 TO 3 INCHES ACROSS IN DUNES BUT THEY DID NOT LOOK FRESH, POSSIBLY BECAUSE RECENT RAIN HAD SMOOTHED OUT SAND IN FRONT OF THEM. SET OUT ABOUT 80 MUSSTAG AND 8 RAT TRAPS AT BASE OF SHRUBS, IN HIGH-DOG TRENCHED BETWEEN SHRUBS AND IN FRONT OF THE FEW HOLES SEEN. TRAPS BAITED WITH WALNUTS, AND SET ROUGHLY 15-20 FT APART. ALSO SET OUT 30 SHEERMAN LIVE TRAPS IN SOME HABITAT AT SAME DISTANCES. USING PECAN CRUMBS - OATMEAL - BIRDSEED MIXTURE AS DRY BAIT. NO SNAP TRAPS SPRUNG BUT IN ONE LIVE TRAP GOT A D.I.PO. MERRIAMI. DR QUAY SET OUT ABOUT 30 OR SO LARGE & SMALL SHEERMAN WIRE-MESH LIVE TRAPS AT HOLES AND OUT IN OPEN ON FLATS & ON DUNES & GOT 2 D.I.P.O. DESERT, BRITE MOON MOST OF LAST NIGHT - SNOWING WIND FROM E, THEN S THEN BLEW TO E BY MORNING. COLD IN WIND BUT OTHERWISE COMFORTABLE SHIRT-