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April 22. Caught 5 Arvicolas & a Hesperomys & an Ochetodon & a Geomys & 2 Spermophilus 13lineatus. Reset all the traps. most of them in new places. Made a spike dead-fall & set for a Mole & dug some holes for mice to tumble into. Made up 11 skins. Shot a Sharptailed Grouse.

A warm day & everything growing. Took up my traps among the hills where I expected to get S. mollis, have only caught S. 13lineatus. Arvicolas seem to be numerous on the meadows.

" [[Ditto for: April]] 23 Made a good catch, but nothing new. Got 13 Hesperomes, 4 Ochetodons & 3 Arvicolas & 2 Geomys.
Took up my traps & set them out around a field a mile & a half west. Hope to get Mollis & Perognathus.

Skinned 12 mice but didnt get them stuffed. Got two Arvicolas in one of the holes dug yesterday. Had 15 traps set in a field of wild sunflowers & caught 13 mice in them - Hesperomes & Ochetodons. They seem to live in the same places.
A clear pleasant day.

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Reviewed. -@siobhanleachman a few minor edits -@meg_shuler