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Lee Arnold
1937
Itinerary
Hendry Creek, 4,100 ft., 4 1/2 mi. SE TTTJ Thorough,
White Pine Co., Nevada
June 23 Yesterday afternoon we left our camp farther
up Hendry Creek and packed about seven
miles downstream to our present campsite
on the spot where the boundary of the
Nevada National Forest crosses Hendry
Creek. We are camped beneath a large
Yellow Pine Tree. This tree is the lowest
in elevation of its kind in this vicinity.
The flat of the canyon is about 150 yds.
wide at this point and the lowland is
covered with sage and other low bushes
while near the creek is found dense
thickets of Willow and Western Birch trees.
Last night I set out 70 mouse traps along
the side of the hill South of camp. For the
most part they were set in low brush with
broken, flatly rocks forming the surface.
While setting the traps I stopped upon a mound
which had been undermined by kangaroo
rats. As I caved in the roof a large
Dipodomys microps ran from a nearby
entrance. In spite of my attempt to
catch the animal it reached a nearby
hole. In my traps I caught:
5 Neotoma lepida 4 imm♀
1 imm♂