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J. Hoffmeister
1939
Itinerary
June 28
11 mi. NE Weed, Siskiyou Co., Calif.
Se a young of the season, apparently migrating.
About 9:15 P.M. last night, Longhurst and I
chased a Dipodomys heermanni californicus beneath
a clump of Arctostaphylos and was able to get a
good view of it with a flashlight. I heard a
Neotoma about 5 feet from my sleeping bag and
was able to watch it move about between clusters
of manzanita and antelope brush.
Of the 34 traps, 9 were set in the brush
on the flat bottom of the "valley" and 25 amongst
the lava on the hills southwest of camp. The
9 in the flat region yielded 1 Dipodomys heermanni
californicus ♀ and 1 Peromyscus maniculatus ♂. The 25
traps in the lava stwn hills yielded only 1 Peromyscus
maniculatus ♂.
"The birds heard or seen around camp
included Spotted Towhee, which I found
feeding on Ribes sp? and were prone to be
chased away from this source of food,
Poor-will, including a nest of 2 young, Meadow
Lark, Chipping Sparrow, and a Flycatcher; also
heard a Western Bluebird.
June 29
Crooked R, 3400 ft. at Mouth of Bear Cr., Crook Co., Oregon
We left camp at 11 mi. NE Weed yesterday
morning about 8:00 A.M. and drove via highway
U.S. 97 to Klamath Falls for breakfast, supplies, and