very few tracks. Set 11 traps about there.
Marchioness Tunnel Dec, 22, 1909
West wind in morning; 6˚ above zero at 6:30 a.m., 26 above at 7:45. Nothing in the traps. I do not understand the absences of small mammals, especially Peromyscus. Is it possible they are hibernating. Some tracks, but several days old, as the last sift of snow has obscured them. After breakfast found two house mice in the traps at the stable. We killed a mountain rat in the tunnel. Then climbed the mountain on north side of creek. Coyote and rabbit tracks . Saw two rabbits, but did not get a shot at them. Took two Townsend solitaires and saw half a dozen more. Saw at least one red breasted nuthatch plainly with glass, but rough ground prevented a shot. Plenty of mt. chickadees and Junco spp. Returned to house at noon for dinner.
