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IDICKER
1958
the road about 100 yds. 5 of the set. Then we
set about 212 traps + 4 gopher sets (8 traps)
in the area from camp N to where the road crosses
the trail (bridge our work). This is almost 2/3 of the
way to Thing Ranch. We collected a few lizards
while walking around. There was quite a bit of
dipso sign especially along the rd. + on the
edges of the sandy washes. At shot 1 goatucker
+ saw 2 others. We heard three calls frequently
(a shot 2 started affair). We saw about 5
small bats but weren't able to collect any.
Sept. 12
Got up early + finished up traps. Catch (S end
Thing Valley):
Dipostomp agilis - 8 + 1 tail tip
Thoromops lotteri - 2
Peromysus sp.- 2
P. maniculatus - 15
Micrnotus - 1
One agilis which I caught was in a large
open runway in -- a grassy + brushy area.
Al caught the Microtus in marshy vegetation
around a puddle in the wash. The 2 Peromysus
sp. were in the chaparral around camp. Yesterday
evening Al caught a Sylvis sp. in an old
rotten log, Dick saw sev. Sylvilagus last
evening. Left camp about 1300 after skinning
animals. Hiked S on La Porte Track Trail