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Collector: Grinnell - 1925
Location: La Grulla, 7200 ft.
Date: Oct. 5
Page Number: 2570

ran into a mole working -- a line of cracks
merely in the newly wet and laid ground --
ground previously loose sand or gravel, with
no chance of a mole showing its presence.
As noted above, after about 15 minutes watching
I saw the ground move at one end of the
line of cracks. I promptly stamped on the run
each side of the point of movement, and then
dug frantically between, with the second or third
scoop, throwing the surprised mole clear. Later
in the day, I found two more workings,
but failed to see actual movement. So the
rain brot the collector beneficence -- the second
know specimen of Scapanus anthonyi!
Beside the other mammals listed for today despite the rain, my
trap-line brot 2 Peromyscus truei,
which were discarded; also the steels a Citellus beecheyi, ditto.
It cleared off this afternoon, and tonight the
cold air is settling most noticeably.
Oct. 6
6416 Microtus (male sign) 60.2g. 183x53x24x12. In sawgrass.
6417 Microtus (female sign) 3 emb. 72.5g. 195x55x24x11. In sawgrass.
Discarded: 1 (female sign) Peromyscus boylei; taken under willow by
stream. The above 3 were only mammals in trap-line this morning.
6418 Canyon Wren (female sign) im. 10.0g. Shot under granite boulder.
6419 Pigmy Nuthatch (male sign) im. 11.8g. Shot in pine.
6420 Mountain Chickadee (male sign) ad. 11.0g. Shot in willow.
6421 Bluebird (male sign) im. 26.6g. Shot from pine.

Collector: Grinnell - 1925
Location: La Grulla, 7200 ft.
Date: Oct. 4
Page Number: 2570

ran into a mole working -- a line of cracks
merely in the newly wet and laid ground --
ground previously loose sand or gravel, with
no chance of a mole showing its presence.
As noted above, after about 15 minutes watching
I saw the ground move at one end of the
line of cracks. I promptly stamped on the run
each side of the point of movement, and then
dug frantically between, with the second or third
scoop, throwing the surprised mole clear. Later
in the day, I found two more workings,
but failed to see actual movement. So the
rain brot the collector beneficence -- the second
know specimen of Scapanus anthonyi!
Beside the other mammals listed for today despite the rain, my
trap-line brot 2 Peromyscus truei,
which were discarded; also the steels a Citellus beecheyi, ditto.
It cleared off this afternoon, and tonight the
cold air is settling most noticeably.
Oct. 6
6416 Microtus (male sign) 60.2g. 183x53x24x12. In sawgrass.
6417 Microtus (female sign) 3 emb. 72.5g. 195x55x24x11. In sawgrass.
Discarded: 1 (female sign) Peromyscus boylei; taken under willow by
stream. The above 3 were only mammals in trap-line this morning.
6418 Canyon Wren (female sign) im. 10.0g. Shot under granite boulder.
6419 Pigmy Nuthatch (male sign) im. 11.8g. Shot in pine.
6420 Mountain Chickadee (male sign) ad. 11.0g. Shot in willow.
6421 Bluebird (male sign) im. 26.6g. Shot from pine.