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Cooper, 1935
7 mi. E. Manjosa, Manjosa Co., Calif.
August 11,
golden piliated warbler, red-shafted flicker,
valley quail, plain titmouse, California
jay, brown towhee, spotted towhee, green-
backed goldfinch, California woodpecker,
slender-billed nuthatch, pallid wren-tit,
bush-tit (flock of ± 15), black-throated gray warbler.
Judging from trapping results of last
night the species of mammals here are
not too abundant. From 38 traps
(13 rat and 25 mouse) set along the
creek bed and under willows, poison
oak and oaks & Peromyscus maniculatus
only were taken. These four three
mice and one Bufo, captured in a
field of wild oats near the creek,
constitute the total catch for the
day. I saw two Entamias merriami
running about on granite boulders under
oak trees and caught the odor of a
skunk. No other animals have been
seen, though nests and droppings
of wood rats and mounds made by
pocket gophers are abundant. Mrs.
Woodard says both the latter and
ground squirrels (which can't be very
abundant since none have been seen
yet) destroy her garden and pot