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Datfield -1934
Colorado R, 31 mi N, 2 1/2 mi W
Camp Mohave, Mohave Co., Ariz.
January 22, 1934
Saw a D. deserti individual come out of his burrow. I had a mouse trap set there, and he set it off. It smacked him on the nose, and after one or two preliminary hops, he dodged down his burrow.
January 23, 1934
Caught in traps-
7 Dipodomys merriami
3 " deserti
One of the D. deserti, a young individual, was caught in a mouse trap.
Spent the morning skinning rats and then went with Benson up onto the mesa to sight on Mt. Davis, Dead Mt., etc., and determine our present position.
Spent 3 1/2 hrs. of afternoon getting truck out of sand. Hunting was bad since there was a strong wind blowing.
Tonight set out 160 traps in arrow-weed and quail brush.
This morning I was awakened by the swishing of the wings of two ravens flying low over camp.