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Erickson
1934
Tule Tank
14.
all medium sized; Ground loose rock from
pebble size to huge boulders; plants palo verde,
yucca, and two stout stemmed plants one red barked,
specimens saved by Miss Alexander, also some
burrow weed. Bat seen briefly at dusk around
ironwood tree, then flew out toward plain to
south; lost.
Jan. 20. Caught one Peromyscus lepidus, one Peromyscus
eremicus, and four Peromyscus crinitus, one of
last caught by nose not saved. Spent morning
hunting birds in canyon and out on plain;
took a Myiarchus cinerascens, a sparrow, identity not
positive, a Salignictes obsolitus and a Polioptila
cerulea obscura; the last two badly shot up; not
saved. No bird located on the mesa. Heard
raven in afternoon on range east of camp
(at mouth of canyon with tank), but it stood near
for a few minutes only. Put out 30 medium
sized traps along SW facing slope of tank canyon,
starting at base mouth and ending near tank;
most of traps about 25-30 ft above floor of
canyon, widely spaced groups at locations where
rat sign was found. Found a Shiret dead on
rocks as set traps.
Jan. 21. From 30 traps set took one Peromyscus lepidus,
four Peromyscus eremicus, partly eaten, and two
Peromyscus crinitus. One trap in rat run lost.