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J. Crowley
1941
Journal
May 30 Russian Gulch State Park, Mendocino Co., Calif.
Set along the margins of the willow thickets
at the borders of the grass, we found
20+ shrewmice. There Viola put up while
I prepared my victim—the Zapus. This day,
Friday started with rain which increased
in vigor till at 10:45 it was a veritable
downpour. Our tent leaked—in such
appropriate spots as, just above my
sleeping bag and grip. After the deluge,
the rain settled down to a steady shower,
which stopped only at 3:00 PM. Late in the
night, the rains began again, but Viola
Memmler and I took advantage of
the brief respite to set mouse and rat
traps on the slope at the southwest corner
of Russian Gulch State Park. He set the
traps at elevation 200 ft. Viola set the
rat traps for Wood Rats in groves of Bishop
Pine, Cypress, Redwood, Alder and Douglas
& Yew where there is a grassy
slope. I set 23) Museum Special Mouse
Traps along the margins of the grassy slope,
10'5" space apart.
May 31 Russian Gulch State Park, Mendocino Co., Calif.
Of the 23 Museum Special Mouse Traps
set on the preceding night, only 2 had catches