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A. Good
1980
Journal
E mi E Anthony Plz, 1960m, Menderino Co., Calif.
[ET. 23N, R. 10W, SWTrec. 15]
23 June
Up at 0630. Weather clear with fog in valleys,
windy, cold. I went out to check the 4 snap traps
I set out the night before and found 2 Peromyscus.
I then returned to the camper, pulsed up my gun
and went out collecting - shot 2 Fox Sparrows (a
pair) and 2 Mt. Chickadees. I returned to the
camper ca. 0730 by which time Bob + Susan
had gotten up. Bob + I prepared tissues from the birds
and we then had breakfast. We went out collecting
again ca. 0900. By this time the wind had lessened,
I got 5 Chickadees and 1 Fox Sparrow and returned
c. 1030. From then on until ca. 1800 we prepared
the backlog of birds that had accumulated (skinning
+ making skeletons). After this Susan gathered wood
to cook supper with and I went out to reset the
snap traps near a small stream with lots of corn lily.
In the vicinity. We ate supper ca. 1900 and Bob and
Susan went back to finishing Bob's Sparrows while
I did the chickadees. This state of affairs is still going on
at the time of writing. I now am going to make
a list of things we need to pick up in town tomorrow
and then, I hope, I will go to bed.
Susan felt slightly under the weather this morning,
but got better + is OK now.
While setting out the snap traps this evening,
I was set upon by juncoes undoubtedly because of the