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P. Brylski
1987
Journal
~5km NE Glamis along Hwy 78, Imperial Co., Calif.
23march am without a gun. If things get too slow,
I'll try a rock.
8:30 pm Spent the day stuffing kangaroo rats
(Merriami), mice (P. eremicus), ground squirrels
(A. leucurus), and a pocket mouse (probably
Perognathus but it lost its tail so identification is
difficult). Also caught several Perognathus sp.
which today were kept alive. They're probably
penicillatus but perhaps Formosus.
Weather here is quite warm - round
25°C by 9am (probably by 7am actually), reaching
35°C in the afternoon. No clouds. Wind is
unremarkably most of the day, but gusts
up round 3 or 4 pm. At times it's 35-40 mph
(mainly from the west) but the average is 15-20
mph.
The catch last night numbered
Perognathus (formosus + penicillatus ?)
Dipodomys merriami
Peromyscus eremicus
Onychomys torridus (tossed due to
extensive damage by ants)
Today 4 Ammospermophilus leucurus ((tossed,
due to flea damage).