california Condor Eben Mcmillan 27 January 1964 squirrels were observed. This den was located in what had been a wire corral but now only had a few posts remaining about the outside and some wire scattered here and there. These probably gave these squirrels a measure of protection against predators, as well as the influence of the concentrating here, in this corral, in past time, numbers of sheep, so that the soil had been enriched and was now growing much more grass than was any of the surrounding area. We did see great numbers of mounds and depressions that appeared to have been remains of ground squirrel dens from the past. These features attest to great numbers of these rodents having been here at one time. 1986 poison, used in organized drives on California ground squirrels all over Central California has this mammal rather uncommon in many areas. A few Jack rabbits were seen in this area east of Famosa. These rabbits hide during the daytime in the piles of Russian Thistle (Salsola kali L var denuifolia) that have been rolled into the draws and concentrated in piles in the low places where the wind has loft them. These areas are not sufficient to give protection to large numbers of Jackrabbits. This foothill area to the east of Famosa, and west of the Bakersfield Woody road, does not seem to be heavily populated with kangaroo Rats, Jackrabbits being the only mammal of any consequence there in the wild state.