BIBB, D.O. 1988 Journal 99 Sept 18 (cont) Hastings Reservation, Monterey Co., Calif. Apparently there was a big brush fire near Vacaville (~20mi WSE of Bay Area) that really obscured Bay Area skies and presumably drifted this far. From 1030 to 1800hrs I set out and baited traps on all grid MC stations. Madrona Canyon is extremely dry, so I don't expect many animals. From 18:15 to 1900hrs I reset all RC drift line traps and I released P.bayliff #040 (torped this am) and W.fuscipes #1393 (torpid 15 sept, only now was it healthy enough to release). The moon is about 1/2 full tonight and sets around 2760hrs Sept 19 0145h - out checking traps on MC. It's clear, 58°C. Collected trail traps for 6 P.californicus. Finished checking all MC traps by 0850h and proceeded to check RC. Finished by 1000h and referred to lab to process trail traps Summary of results on MC: P.californicus - 5 captures P.bayliff - 20 " (2new) P.truei - 1 " (1new) Perognathus - 6 " (1new) W.fuscipes - 2 " TOTAL - 34 captures (4new). In addition 4/ (36 from RC) animals were captured on drift lines. I spent the rest of the day entering data onto the computer from grid RC. Today was breezy and cooler than previous days (high in mid 80s). From 1030 to 1730hrs I reset all traps on grid MC. Reset RC drift line traps around 1800hrs. Sept 20. 0145hrs - out checking traps on MC. It's overcast, 50°C. Usual results on MC - something turned over >50% of all traps and 2 traps (station B,5 and B,12) are missing. Some of the rolled traps had animals, thus it is a nocturnal animal. The traps on the top 3 rows (B,9,10) were hit the hardest. This wasn't a fox because none of the traps had been wrapped on. I suspect a racoon for the following reasons: