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A.C. BECARE
1957
TOWENIA
BAG SHANTY CAMP, T. 12N, R. 5E, SEC. 13, Siskiyou Co., Calif.
Aug. 22 (cont)
IN THE LIVE TRAP LINE. WILL RELEASE THE
YOUNG EUTOMIAS CAUGHT IN MUS. SPACE AS
HE IS STILL ALIVE. SAW STEERLESS TROUPE A
WOOD PECKER AROUND CAMP. HEARD CHICKADEE (?)
AND A DOWNY WOODPECKER. DR. BENSON
IDENTIFIED SOME PLANTS AROUND CAMP. THE
PRINCIPAL TREES ARE DOUGLASS FIR 3-4 FT.
IN DIA + 80-100 FT TALL, WITH A FEW YEW
+ INSENSE CEDARS AND WHAT MAY BE SCONE
PINE. GROUND COVER IS MOSTLY 3FT HIGH
SHRUBS - SNAKE CUL(?) BAY, BLACKBERRIES,
A FEW FERNS IN WET SPOTS, SOME SAGE
OR ERICAS (HUCKLEBERRY??) AND SOME HERBS
(KHAMOMY WEED?, SOME LILAKEN, ETC.). THERE
ARE A FAIR NUMBER OF FALLEN LOGS ON
HILLSIDES. DR. BENSON FOUND WHAT HE IDENTIFIES
AS BEAR DRIPPING ALONG ROAD INTO CAMP.
SOME MOUSE, ABOUT PISCOMYSCUS SIZE FROM ITS
DRIPPINGS GOT INTO 2 OF MY LIVE TRAPS AND
BAIT + MANAGED TO PULL OPEN DOOR & GET OUT
AT 6:30 AM.
PAIN. CAN LIVE TRAPS. I GOT AN ABOUT EUTOMIAS
ON DRY HILLSIDE AT BASE OF DOUGLASS FIR IN
FAR PAST. SKULL BROKEN SO DISCROBABLE. CAUGHT
A GREEK HORSE ON THE SAME HILLSIDE AT 6:40 AM
RUNNING THIN UNDER BRUSH ON GROUND. HAVE SET
OUT 50 MORE MUS SPACE'S 1/4 MILE UP ROAD
FROM CAMP. IN THICKETS OF DOGWOOD + BARBACH