Von Behren, Julie 1989 6 Journal Hastings Reservation, Monterey Co., Ca. June 14 34 extra traps al had set, looking for P. californicus. al still didn't catch any. I only trapped P. boylii and 2 Neotoma fuscipes. Next I checked the West fence traps. The only surprise there was a small bird that flew out of a trap, practically in my face. I didn't get a chance to see which species it was. I finished the west fence at 0830h. I went to the barn and took the smears. I finished up at the lab looking at the slides at about 0920h. From 1000h to 1115h I worked on the computer. At 1115h Ellen Elson arrived. She graduated from UCB last month with a Biology degree. She came to spend a day with me to see the project being done here on P. californicus. From about 1300h to about 1500h we worked on cleaning cages and checking cages. From about 5 [illegible] 1700h to 1900h we set traps. First we set the traps at the East RC drift fence, working from the north side to the south end, across the creek. When we got to the last traps, we set them and walked back toward the north, back to the trail. As I crossed the creek and took about two steps up the bank, I suddenly stopped and walked backward into Ellen. I then hopped over the fence and told Ellen I saw a snake. It was a Western Rattlesnake.