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1980.
18 June p3.
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more or less the same trail, arriving in camp,
exhausted, at 9 pm. Our dogs were more tired
than we, with very sore feet - it was not
a good walk to do in one's bare feet.
19 June 1980 Plimley Mine area, to the pass.
carried traps up to the pass, making
sets in the rock outcrops along the road
in the hope of getting some Eutamias
and Peroryseus crinitus. Set 10 stations,
one Sherman, one Museum Special per station,
baited with oats coated with peanut butter
and bacon grease, in an attempt to
saturate the outcrops, in the rock outcrops
on both sides of the short spur road
(where the main road levels out a bit).
10 stations/outcrop. The second outcrop
has the "cave" I examined on 17 June.
Set 4 gopher sets in the flat between
outcrops. Also set 10 stations in rock
outcrop on S side of pass and 6 on N side.
While setting traps on S side, we heard some
Rock Wrens loudly scolding. We stopped
to listen and watch. A Grey Fox,
the object of the scolding, walked into
view, stopped in a small clearing
about 10 meters from us, looked at us
for several seconds, then continued
on its way about 15-20 meters, stopped
and looked again, then proceeded in