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Hornpsom
Yosemite
March 21, 1932
Interview with Mr. Gardishei.
Has been there at least 9 yrs. Trapped
about 2 yrs. before that.
Martins declining. Second season got
42 Martin pelts/ after that dropped
about 10 each year. Last season got
11. Some mounds in this last season.
Martins move along into. in search
of food - may go 40-45 miles in
24 hrs.
Wolverine. Caught 1 in 1925?
Patterson, engineer for Berkeley, caught 1
in 1910. Mr. Gardishei saw one
cross road between Saddle Bag Lake
& Highway in 1929, summer.
Coyotes may stay in a canyon all
winter if there is sun. Not so
many coyotes along crest as there
were a few yrs. ago. Will eat
juniper berries in winter. Earlier
in season, will eat pinon nuts,
and manzanita berries.
A tame goat lived on hillside
above Olvity Lake all winter and
no predators got it. Later it
disappeared - thinkes coyotes got it.
Ranger shot coyotes this last
summer.
Fox (Cross, Red, & 1 Black Silver)
were seen. One season, got 13 (2 wep
spoiled) that was in about 1920-21.