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Rymal Goy
1969
Journal
30
July (2 cont.)
Paper Reen Tree, 150' ft., Dept. Leina, Sen
The annuus did yesterday.
I counted the number of live Illandia in 3 of the squares.
In one of the more dense plots (Diagonal D8-E7) were 1272 plants; in another (B7-C8) were 1179. In a relatively sparse square (D7-E6) were 652 plants. I would say that an average for all the plots is 900-1000 plants.
Dr. Pearson & Ray finished the point sampling.
I left my traps out and added corn meal to the bait.
3:30 pm Went back to the study area. We brought regular small mouse traps to add to my Callow line. I baited them with cheese and also added cheese to one of the three traps at the Alen stakes. I found a bird nest near stake #7. There were 2 white eggs in it:
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The eggs were cold. The nest itself consisted of large chunky bird droppings, greenish & whitish mixed.
There were at the borders of the nest, which was on a large patch of dead Illandsea about 3' x 4ft. The nest was about 6 inches in diameter. There were some of the large curly droppings next to it; the ones we have been associating with the footprints we