Field notes, v1727
Page 101
Image from the Biodiversity Heritage Library. Contributed by Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, University of California, Berkeley. | www.biodiversitylibrary.org
Transcription
A.C. Zieber 1961 Journal Sawtooth Creek, 6400'ft, 3 mi. NW Hager Mills, Nevada Co., CoId. June 17 ARRIVED THIS PM FOR A 6-WEEK BLUNT DISTRIBUTOR COURSE (BOT. S/52), WILL READ & COLLECT AS I HAVE TIME. SPENT THIS PM GETTING CAMP SET UP. JUNE 19 STILL SETTING UP CAMP YESTERDAY AS WELL AS LOOKING FOR DECENT TRAPPING AREAS. 3 MEADOWS ON ROAD WEST OF STATION HAVE NO MICROTUS PANS BUT THE ONE JUST S OF STATION HAS QUITE A FEW. WENT OUT TO SHOOT BATS LAST NITE - SAW 3-VERY QUIET BY TIME THEY FLEW. NIGHTHAWLS CANNON A LITTLE EARLIER IN EVENING - SAW 8 OR MORE IN MEADOW I WAS WORKING. RICHARD PARISH, A STUDENT HERE SHOT A COUPLE OF MAMMALS & GAVE THEM TO ME (#2169, 2170) LATE IN AFTERNOON SET OUT 65 MUS. SPEC'S ALONG SAWTOOTH CREEK ABOUT 1/4 MI. W. OF STATION F ALONG A NARROW PERMANENT STREAM LEAVING FROM THE SPRING (FROM WHICH STATION GETS WATER - SHOWN ON TOUCHET 15 MIN. TOPS) TO THE CABIN, BAITED WITH WALNUTS. USED HIKBOOTS TO FIND & GET TO DECENT-LOOKING WATERSHED TRAPPING SPOTS. JUNE 20 RAN THE STREAM AGAIN & GOT SORRY (2 SOA.) ZOOUS, MICROTUS (2 SO.) & ACANTHYSCUS MAMMIFERUS (SEE TABLE) RAN LINE AGAIN ABOUT DARK & HAD ANOTHER LARGE PULVERIS - THIS HAS FLY EGGS ON IT SO MUST HAVE