24 June, 1958 DAVE - Here's what I did while you were at the fuzzy creatures meetings... * I FINISHED MAPPING THE WOODRAT NESTS ON MADRONE CANYON - I also went back to our data from JUNE 13-18 on the grid and included on the maps where we caught N. fuscipes. Each 'V' indicates one capture; + the # of the animal follows. ** I trapped ~50m east of MC western drift fence (#ing from fence -> east + ~50m west of MC eastern fence (#ing from fence -> west) and ~50m east of RC western drift fence, with an extra set of traps on the northern bank of the creek (10m from fence). MC: I caught P. californicus # 1216 ~40m from the MC eastern drift fence near the path; # 1184 ~10 meters to the right of where #1216 was trapped, near a woodrat nest + #1352 we caught a ~20 meter from the eastern fence near the large log, visible from the path. RC: A mature or P. californicus that had lost his ear tag, was re-tagged #135J He and Q # 1279 were on the northern bank of the creek where you told me a pair had been living in the past. -> I put flags up at all stations -- they do not necessarily follow a straight line... **** cleaned I changed the captive animals cages on June 23rd. They are getting quite chubby!!! ***** I botched up + didn't move the hygrothermograph until Mon. Sorry, I also forgot to write the initial date + time, but I wrote it on the corner... (oops.) ****** It rained one night (w/ thunder + lightning more-than-less!) so I gathered wooden boards to cover the traps. I left some of the ones from madrone canyon grid (row 8) at RC drift fence (west) because they seemed more useful + necessary there. ******* There is a dead Ensatina (young one) in the treecor that I found in a pitfall trap. Didn't know what to do with him ... (her?) Also: Summary of Results on MC P.californicus 2 capt 4 capt 5 P.bogoti 9 "(1new) 6 "(1new) 13 P.trvci 1 " 5# 5 N.fuscipes 1 " 1" 1 TOTAL 13 (1new) 16 (1new) 24 ind See you on Tuesday*... Ellie p.s. oh yeah, here are your space bottorico. I is having a n.Tue night, away -- She'll be me(R.) leaving soon.