Field notes, v644
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Diary 33 46 2 mi. SE Beegum, 1650', Tekamah to, Calif. May 26, 1946 Associated with Ensatina was lacking. Only a few centipedes were seen, and no millipedes, gleworms, termites, or [illegible] carabid beetles. Very little life was seen at all under logs. Some ants, and / Sceloporus occidentalis. Returned to camp and skinned, ate lunch, and then hunted birds from about 2-4 p.m. The afternoon was very windy, and consequently the birds stayed pretty close to home. Few bird songs were heard, although cowbirds and linnets sang even at the height of the wind. Shot one slender-billed mothatch, then returned to camp, picked up 20 traps, and went over my trap-line, rebaiting and resetting and moving some of the traps to more desirable locations. The 10 additional traps I added to the upper end of the line, running it about 200 yards further up canyon almost to the source of the stream. As these notes are written at 7:10 p.m. the weather is clear and cold, sky almost cloudless, and wind strong. Birds heard or seen, not previously listed: Western flycatcher, Western grackle, green-backed goldfinch. May 27, 1946 Ran traps in a.m. 2 Resthrodon torys megaloitae, 2 P. mariculae, 3 B. lutei. Hunted on the way down from trap-line, collecting a California Jay and