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D.O. Stracey
1977
46.
31 March
5.2 mi W Mineral Hot Springs on Barcl Rd, Kern Co.
40 lbs $29 small in open grassland w/ Sage & ceanothus.
By now dark so back to Upper Richter for dinner and
bed. Asleep by 9:15 PM.
1 April.
Up at 6:30 AM for breakfast then off to check
traps:
10.3 mi W
1 Neotoma fuscipes (released)
1 P. californicus (ceanothus & hawthorn bushes)
2 P. maniculatus
7 P. truei (3 dead)
11# P. boylei (7 dead)
9.8 mi W
9 P. boylei (released)
1 P. maniculatus
4 P. californicus
5.2 mi W
5 P. boylei (released)
1 P. truei (released)
3 P. maniculatus
1 Neotoma fuscipes (released)
While releasing the unwanted boylei, one dead one fell on
the side of the farmout. Seconds later an owl (pygmy owl)