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Kingkey
1980
63
17-18 Nov Titus Carreyon, continued
Picked up traps by 1100 hrs. Caught:
Peromyscus formosus
Neotoma lepida
Peromyscus eremicus
Peromyscus crinitus
1
1
7
3
--
12
Specimen#
424
425
426, 427
428, 429
All 3 Peromyscus crinitus were caught in very rocky places, but 5 of the P. eremicus were, also. One station caught both species. No success with snap traps - all beasts caught in Sherman's!
18 Nov Titus Carreyon at Klatz Spring and 3.1 miles W of Klatz Spring
Had lunch here, then proceeded to set traps while Margaret did a transect. When we arrived,
we saw a young Bighorn on the hill S of
the spring, he watched us for 15 minutes or
so, then disappeared. I set 100 traps in two
lines. The first line "kill line" was along
the hill S of the spring, starting at a large
red boulder and going W toward a prominent
peak, across talus slopes and gullies. Much
Bighorn sign, some old Gopher sign. Set
50 traps alternating 2 and 3 trap stations,
20 meters apart, 2 Sherman's or 2 Sherman's
and a Merveille Special, bait: oats with peanut
butter and bacon fat. Margaret did a vegetation
transect (#73) here. Prominent plant species
are: harrisia, Psorothamnus, Euphorbia Californica
Asterias drummondii, Amphiachydrus, Echinocactus,
Encelia farinosa, Opuntia basilaris, Yuccesia