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M. Boyers
1932
1/2 mi. E. Miramonte, 3500ft., Fresno Co.,
Calif.
68
December 19, 1932
another Thrasher.
The location where we set
the traps today was typically
Upper Sonorah, with open hillsides
bordered by brush patches of Buckeye,
Manzanita, and Madrone, as well
as scatterings of Oak (Blacks and
a small leafed Oak).
Along
the creek there Willows, Wild Black-
berry and Laurel in its shaded, wetter
parts. The brush is more open here
than at the other locations where we
have been hunting.
December 20, 1932
Up at 6:20 and had breakfast,
them went 3 mi. W. of Miramonte, 2900 ft.,
to our trapping location. A heavy frost
covered everything and it was extremely
cold. No Rats or Gophers were
caught, but one Peromyscus maniculatus
was in one of my mouse traps. We
spent that noon hunting birds,
with no seeing any rabbits. I
secured a Fox Sparrow in the Manzanita
brush on an east facing slope as it scurried
in the dirt and leaves on the ground. Then
I shot a Hairy Woodpecker in a