Transcribing the field notes of the Museum of Vertebrate Zoology

Collector: Grinnell - 1925 Location: La Grulla, 7200 ft. Date: Oct. 8 Page Number: 2577

reported up to 35, in a bunch, frequently seen in the San Felipe desert, just east of here -- 15 miles away. No antelope west of here, north of between Santa Catarina and Punta Puerta, where there is a desert country. Spotted Skunks are common on the desert side of the mountains; also westward, reported, but not seen personally by Mr. Melling (sic). Besides the ordinary Gray Fox, there is a Kit Fox, caught down on the desert east of Diablo. Condors are getting scarce. When cattle die (of blackleg often) during the summer, condors come in from the east (desert) side to feed on the carcasses, 1 to as many as 7 or 8 at one carcass. No one bothers the condors. Mr. Meling has seen none this year; only 4 last year. No one ever comes here to trap for fur. 7 p.m. - Barometer, 23.10; warmer; mare's-tails overhead. Oct 9. Results of trapping: Peromyscus truei, (male sign) and (female sign), in upland situations alongside or under edges of boulders near cascara bushes; discarded. 6452 Eutamias merriami (male sign) 56.7g. 222x93x33.5x16. In rat-trap under edge of boulder. 6453 Eutamias merriami (male sign) 60.0g. 220x94x34x16. In rat-trap under edge of manzanita thicket. 6454 House Wren (male sign) ad. 11.1g. Shot under buckthorn bush. Looks big; compare with northern breeding birds. 6455 Pigmy Nuthatch (female sign) ad. 10.9g. Shot from pine.