RIBBLE, D.O. 1987 PEROMYSUS CALIFORNICUS (4) Hastings Natural History Reservation, Mendocino Co., Calif. July 20(cont) 2230hrs - checked # 1903 for powder. She was covered with Red Pigment (ears, mouth, limbs, clitoris, tail, body) and the only place that Orange was visible was inside the ear next to the skull. Perhaps I should have waited so long to try the second color, but this does show that if Red follows Orange mostly Red is seen. 1903 & 1905 (Q) were huddled together upon arrival. (New Animals?) (Found dead in trap 5 Aug- Cat # 782) July 21 # 1919 Q, mature, limp, parous, 38g. Ear-tagged. GRID R-1. St. 9,17 1920 Q, " ," ," ,nulliparous (?), 40.5g. " " " " " 7,16 1921 Q, early mature, " , nulliparous, 36g " " " " " " Transit VIII, Edetson Creek St. 4c 1922 Q?, subadult, TND. 30g. " " " " " White tail tip. July 22 1925 Q?, " ," ," . 28g " " " " 7 Cleaned out the behavioral arena this afternoon, and released #'s 1902, 1903, and 1905 at the 2nd Crossing. None of the animals were in reproductive condition upon release. July 23 1926 Q?, Subadult, TND- 29g. " " GRID R-1. St. 5,11 Aug 10 M.Salvoni put a radio collar on Q #835 last night at station 5,11. We dusted the collar with green powder. This morning after checking traps (0900hrs), Marco picked up her signal from the base of the Madrone at station 9,7. There are too so holes in the hard-packed clay in the hollow of the base of the tree, with ~20 pencil-sized sticks in one pile. It looks something like this: Hollow faces N (downslope) 2nd nest site on 7 Aug. eventually found here here. first seen here. trap station 9,7 sticks 1m