Field notes, v1389
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P.A. Kelly 1988 Journal Sat. 1801 PST found a large owl pellet (Cat # Mar. 26 P.K. 178) along the Noyes Prof. fence between the "Y" and the Pump. It contains woodrat and insect remains => Barn Owl pellet ?? It was on the ground about 50' SW. of the 2nd Electricity supply pole from the "Y" I had spent most of the day working on a database program at the Red Hze. In the late afternoon I set traps at 30 active or potentially active houses from H.47 to H.98 inclusive. I also examined and photographed an incredible moth I caught under the Red House porch light when I was coming in last night. It had a wingspan of about 5", rusty-colored "furry" wings w. 2 white crescent-shaped blazes, and 1 apical eyespot on each fair side. It (from Calib. Insects, Powell + Hogue) turned out to be a Ceanothus Silk Moth Hyalophora euryalus. It looks very similar to the Cecropia Moth H. cecropia of eastern N. America (Peterson Field Guide to the Insects, Borror + White, 1970). It was a ?, since it deposited short strings of of hard, encapsulated, tan+white-colored, oval shaped eggs on the sides the cardboard oatmeal container. The eggs measured about 1.5mm x 2.5mm. Released her on