127 -rally a (12-cental) very grass seed bale, alternating. NTA says genus is Vulpia. Dec, 7-8. Put out a total of 15 cages, 11 stool, and 10 cage traps at 2 barn E Estacion Parto morning, set for Rattlers. Dropping everywhere. Checked at 10pm, 12 pm, and A.M. Caught 6 Rattlers and 4 to 6 also large. Used the NVG's from 9:45 to 1:50 and 3:45 to 5:37 (quite light by then). Rarely took more than 5 minutes to locate another Rattler, and we saw several encounters between individuals. Saw shrews, but no other species of mouse. Heard harp owl. I took Michael's .22 on the 3:45 expedition and located numerous Rz between the fence and the RR. Shot the first one, missed the shot 2, then the gun jammed. When missed, they don't even run away! Gwen + I tried moving with a copper-wire mouse on the end of a fishing rod. She was able to twitch one with the wire without dropping it (several times), but the mouse was in frenzied and she couldn't get the mouse around its head (the rod never moved hazards). The one that tried to move ran away just as the mouse approached. During the 5 hrs 36 min of NVG (including about 10 min of flashlight) we (3 people) encountered 23 Rattlers. Perhaps as many as 4 or 5 of these are roapate, hence about 20 R. Much of this time was spent concentrating