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A.C. ZIEGLER
1957
JOURNAL
Back SMOKEY CAMP 3200+ ft. T. 12 N, R. 5 E, Sec. 13, Siskiyou Co., Calif.
AUG 22 (cont.)
OAK BUSHES AND ALSO ALONG LOG COUERS.
SET OUT 10 SCHYUCES BAITS WITH PIECES OF SQUIRREL MEAT BETWEEN FIR TREES & IN GULLY BEHIND CAMP AT TWILIGHT. CAN SEE RATS IN WET GULLY & LIVE RATS.
HAD 1 PEROMYSCUS IN SNOW TREADS & A CURIMUS & A PEROMYSCUS IN LIVE TRAPS. No PEROMYSCUS PUT UP. CAUGHT A RANA BEHIND CREEK 2 or 3 others seen there also. Dr BENSOW TELLS ME THIS SCREECH OWL'S STOMACH WAS FULL OF GRASS HOPERS OF SOME SORT WHICH ARE SEEN AT NIGHT AROUND THE TREES & IN THE WET GULLY. THE OWL WAS ON GROUND WHEN FIRST SEEN. HEARD A SCREECH OWL THIS PM AT 10:15 BEHIND CAMP.
AUG 23 RAN & PICKED UP ANIMALS THIS AM AT 7:30 or 8:00. GOT NOTHING IN 10 SCHYUCES & IN SO MUS SPEE'S & 3 RAT TRAPS IN WET GULLY. IN THE SO LIVE TRAPS & 3 RAT TRAPS GOT 1 CURIMUS, 2 PEROMYSCUS & 1 CLERKONOMYS. IN SO MUS SPEE'S UP THE ROAD IN DOGWOOD & SCAR OAK GOT 1 SORRY NEWBRIDGE (?) THL & 3 PEROMYSCUS. PACKED & LEFT AT ABOUT 2:30 PM. SAW 2 CANADA-JAYS NEAR CAMP AT 10:30 THIS AM. ALSO EXAMINE IN MY SAW COY-BREASTED BOTH RICH. Dr BENSOW CAUGHT VOLKLE WEBBER IN HOLE.