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27 Nov
Route 5 milepost 24 radiator water elev/300
Here there is a broad shallow wash -
sand, gravel, small rocks, Larrea, Atriplex,
Hymenoclea. Margaret did a transect.
Also on that is surrounded on two sides
by Bajada - larger rocks, mostly Larrea
widely spaced, talus slopes, gently sloping.
Margaret also did a transect here.
I set 100 traps in two lines, 50 on bajada
50 in wash. Alternating 2- and 3- trap
stations, bait oats coated with peanut butter
and bacon fat. Stations 20 meters apart-
28 Nov
Route 5 milepost 10
60 traps, second night caught
Dipodomys deserti 1 #469
That's all. picked up traps.
28 Nov
Route 5 milepost 14
60 traps, second night caught.
Peromyscus crinitus 1 picked up traps #470
28 Nov
Route 5 milepost 24
100 traps caught:
Perognathus formosus, sleep! # 471
Peromyscus crinitus wash 2 Bajada 3 # 472-473
Total 6/100 left traps for second night.
Hiked up to spring 237 A "Trickling Spring"
which is a narrow 1-2 ft wide 1/4-1/2 mile
dep stream, that goes for about 1/4-1/2 mile,
and encounters a 20 ft falls midway. Lots of
mesquite - screwbean and glandulosa.