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Hoffmeister
1940
Itinerary
1 mi. W Guerneville, Sonoma County, Calif.
seen around 1mi. W Guerneville include Mourning Dove, Russet-backed Thrush, Cliff Swallow, Oriole (?), Jay, Lutescent warbler, Brown Towhee, Spotted Towhee, Song Sparrow, Robin, Western flycatcher, Grosbeak (?)
Last evening also saw a Squirrel (young). Have seen no chipmunks at all. Saw 1 bat (Myotis ?) last night about 7:45 p.m. (not dark yet) and heard another about 9:15 p.m.
July 7, 1940
Set 35 traps (including 2 rat traps) at two localities, both of which may be designated as 2 mi. S Guerneville.
The traps were set in 2 gullies about 400' yds. apart, 200 ft. above the Russian River (15 in one and 20 in the other). Traps held 1 Neotoma fuscipes ♂ caught by an old, badly weathered "house"; 1 Peromyscus truei ♂ caught in gully bottom covered with dry leaves, green vines, and among redwoods a small amount of fern; and 1 Peromyscus maniculatus ♂ caught on slope from gully with no low cover, but higher redwoods and Lithocarpus. Saw a cottontail along road when went after traps and last night saw a bat circling over the opening at Guernwood Park (at dusk) where they hold the evening programs. Drove to Berkeley via Sebastopol early this morning arriving a little after 10 am.
Trip uneventful.