Canti Plain 1975 Journal 1/4 mi. NNE Study Springs, Joshua Tree National Morment Riverside Ca California- March 28 indicated on map 2. about noon we picked up all traps at sites 1 and 2 for re- location about site 30. Traps were placed about 3:00-4:00 pm as follows: Line 3 unchanged map 3 The area Line 3 (map 2) is set in on the west side of juniper flats road passes through a fine sand with a red oxidized top surface. Here D. merini lives to the exclusion of almost all rodents. We are setting out 330 traps per night. (1/6 from MVZ and 200+ from UCLA). I have taken both color slides and B+W photos of the trapping area. Saw a Spermotheca beecheei today, and several lepus californicus and Sylvilagus auduboni were sighted. Birds seen include Turkey vulture, Red Tailed Hawk, Sparrow Hawk, Mountain Bluebird (pair building nest in Joshua Tree hole near camp), Linon Jay, Raven, Red- shafted Flicker. Jim Kenagy says he