Journal Hafner, M.S. 1977 6 mi. N, 31 mi. W Hiko, 4800 ft. Lincoln Co., Nevada 25 March (cont) 0900 - Snow cover is now melted-off. 4°C temp. Breezy, cool day - on-off light snow. Barry and I walked toward the lake - found an un-used Coyote burrow in the side of one of the larger sand dunes. We flew the "outdoor balloon"- (5.5 ft. diameter, 87 cu.ft. of helium). But we couldn't get the radio-control gear to set-off the camera at any distance over ~150'. So we just sent up the balloon w/ a 3lb. bag of dirt attached. The balloon doesn't appear to have the lift I had hoped, but it's worth another try. We left the balloon up for awhile at about 1000 ft. all. and later in the day we were "buzzed" by a small airplane - apparently curious as to what we were up to. 1730 finished setting out 100 more traps on the East side of the road. 1900 checked traps and caught 1 Microchipmops on the east $ line. (caught by tail, so I brought it back for zoo. 107 lab.) No more snow this night. 6 mi. N, 31 mi. W Hiko, 4800 ft. Lincoln Co., Nevada 26 March 0700 awoke and checked traps. - NO CAPTURES! There was a \frac{1}{2} moon last night for most of the night - I certainly expected at least