Transcribing the field notes of the Museum of Vertebrate Zoology

Collector: Grinnell - 1925 Location: La Grulla, 7200 ft. Date: Oct. 6 Page Number: 2573

today seen at least 7 different sets of mole "ridges"--which are here only lines of cracked earth; that is, a slight raising of the wet, packed surface merely fractures it. No wonder one can see no sign of moles when the sand and gravel is dry and loose. It would appear that the "rare" San Pedro Martir mole is not so rare, after all. Only one must look for it just after a rain. 6424 Sciurus (female sign) 150g. 313x122x53x16. Shot from pine 50ft. up. 6425 Pigmy Nuthatch (male sign) ad. 12.7g. Shot from pine on dry ridge. 6426 Slender-billed Nuthatch (male sign) ad. 16.7g. Shot from pine 25ft. up. 6427 Canyon Wren (male sign) im. 11.1g. Shot on ledge of granite outcrop. Oct. 7 6428 Microtus (female sign) 70.6g. 192x55x25x12. In sawgrass. 6429 Microtus (female sign) 44g. 168x45x24x10. In sweet clover at edge of stream. Both in gorge to which cattle could not reach. Discarded: 3 Peromyscus truei, 2 (female sign), 1 (male sign); two under edges of boulders, 1 under manzanita; all on dry gravelly ground of mesa. 6430 Lutescent Warbler (male sign) ad. 7.9g. Shot in willow by stream. 6431 Lincoln Sparrow (female sign) im. 14.9g. Shot in willow by stream. 6432 Junco (male sign) ad. 18.5g. Shot from top of boulder. 6433 Intermediate Sparrow (male sign) ad. 23.8g. In open clovery place by creek; absence of one leg doubtless due to encounter with mouse trap! Barometer reading on camp table 23.15 inches; day perfectly clear, cool in shade.

Collector: Grinnell - 1925 Location: La Grulla, 7200 ft. Date: Oct. 7 Page Number: 2574

6434 Gray Fox (female sign) 10 lbs. (by "handcuff" scales). 915x365x121x70. Caught in a setting of one no. 0 newhouse trap under a cascara bush on the side of "Microtus" gorge. Bait, bird and mouse bodies. I have seen a number of fox foot-prints in trails before the rain; also a few of Coyote -- but curiously we have heard no note of the latter. I have been trying for Spilogale -- but not a smell! I doubt if Heller's specimen came from up here; more likely it came from an upper Sonoran locality; this should be looked into carefully, by checking dates against localities in his [Elliot's] report. Besides birds taken, I noted the following: Green backed Goldfinch(2, one of which was giving the food call of a juvenile; Sharp-shinned Hawk (seen twice); Anna Hummer (1); Rufous Hummer (1); Crossbill (unmistakable notes heard in the distance); Pinyon Jay (a noisy troupe around again today); California Jay (the first one I have seen appeared on the brushy hillside back of camp near noon, was "squeaked" [my jay call] into a nearer pine, but stayed out of range). 6435 Mountain Chickadee (male sign) ad. 12.2g. Shot from small pine. 6436 Cabanis Woodpecker (female sign) 57g. Shot at cluster of cones 75 feet up in pine, pecking out seeds. 6437 Merriam Chipmunk (male sign) 57.5g. 215x86x32.5x15. Two Jeffrey pine seeds in each of the cheek-pouches.