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Boulwar, JT
1942
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Itinerary
Mar. 31 Bergland Ranch, 2 mi. NW 5 mi. N Corralitos, Santa Cruz Co., Calif.
on the open ground a dead mole and, not only that,
but picked up a second dead mole about 50 ft.
further on down the road (see species account).
While Mrs. Grinnell and Viola stayed below to put
up our tent, Mr. Hawlecker and I scouted over the
hills to the south. He showed me a point atop a ridge
under an oak tree where there were signs of old Dipod
workings, a place where he had successfully trapped
the rats. The fog was quite thick and the rain moderate.
None seemed to work very far. The powdery, sandy soil
soaks it up like a blotter. These ridges are comparatively
open with scattered patches of Baccharis and deer clover
and young Monterey pines?
We heard a thrasher from the chaparral.
After his thorough kindness, Mr. Hawlecker took leave of
us, carrying a telegram of urgent request to my roommate
for immediate transmittal of my rubber boots. Mrs.
Grinnell is well-equipped with a snowy white new pair
of galoshes, which anyone could spot in a blackout.
About 4 PM we took our traps and set them in the hills to the south.
Apr. 1 The rain has stopped. Today was beautiful. At our 5:30 AM
arising, the fog was but slight and cleared away by
seven o'clock. Last night was cold and damp. Our
traps yielded 3 Dipodomy (2?, 1♀), 1 Microtus (?),
1 Bathrodonomys (?), 4 Peromyscus californicus (2♂, 2♀),
and Peromyscus maniculatus (3♂, 3♀). We had set 146
Museum Special traps, some baited with walnut and