Dusty-footed Wood Rat Mayhew 1947 Mar. 29 Strawberry Canyon, U.C. campus, Alameda Co., Calif. at 9:55 A.M. several nests of this species were found in a grove of pine above the Calif. Fish & Game Laboratory. The nests were very loose. One was about 12' above the ground, another was about 20' above the ground. The nests seemed to be composed of pine needles. The largest one was approximately 5' in diameter. at 10:20 A.M. another nest was found; this time in a wet chaparral habitat on a north-facing slope just south of Strawberry pool. This nest was on the ground. It was about 6' feet in diameter & rather loosely constructed. It consisted of several chambers. Cut green elderberry & Calif. laurel were found in the nest. The nest was anchored to an elderberry bush.