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R.E. Johnson
1967
Journal
91
April 21. Head of Strawberry Canyon, Alameda Co., California . 8AM
Completely cloudy & light rain. Zoo 107B Field Trip
to run trap line at head of Strawberry Canyon which
I set from 2-4 PM on April 20 (not raining then, but
rained lightly off & on throughout night). Trap line
was a Calhoun line of 20 traps sites set at 50 ft
intervals, with 3 traps (Museum specials) at each site.
Traps baited with oatmeal. Trap line runs down a
steep (45°) slope covered with patches of brush (mainly
Coyote Brush), lupine-grass mixture, and open grassland.
Rain was not hard enough to remove bait &
5 mice were caught as follows:
Stake # Species Size WT Sex Reproduction Habitat
9 Peromyscus 136-67-22-19 11 ♀ no embryos Lupine-
truei not lactating grassland
9 Reithrodontomys no embryos.
megalotis 151-76-17-15 10.5 ♀ not lactating
11 R. megalotis 145-74-17-15 10.5 ♀ no embryos Sagebrush
lactating grassland
18 Microtus 129-31-20-14 23.5 ♂ Lupine-
californicus grassland
19 R. megalotis 140-76-17-15 13.5 ♀ embryos: Rt. 5 (11 mm)
Lt. 1 lactating
Trip ended at 10 AM. Trap line 3 through
more extensive grass areas had 5 Microtus & 2
Reithrodontomys + 2 Oregon Juncos.
Orange-crowned Warblers could be heard singing
lower down the canyon.