Howard J. Ellis 1953

Student field notes from zoology classes in 1953

te: 200s ~ atalocue erary bai of Catalosue 10 mi NW SiL.C., 4200 ft. Salt Lake Col Utah ; mam $ Dip dom | | 4-1/2 mi. SW Ogden, cae ft., Weber Cc., Utan 29 April 1953 MCitellus variezatus 510-245-60-27 oo mi Camp (Skull only) 3 eee : Pirethizon dorsatum 774.7-292.1-97-35 : : 7 mi SE Ogden, 4300 ft., H. Kendell Farm Davis Co., Utah e May 19535 POndatra 4-1/2 mi. SW Ogden, 4627 | 4400 ft., Weber Co., Utah (no ‘emb. ) Fults ellus variesatus 46: }o-1/5 mi E of 500 S$ 1300 /4800 ft Salt Lake Co., Ly Utah %, wf | (no emb.) ¢Citellus lateralis 280-105-32-19 24 May 1953 i@Marmota flaviventris 382-137-64-29 7 mi SH Ogden, 4300 ft., H. Kendell Farm | weavie.Co., Utah «e May 1953 maniculatus 150-65-20-18 25 April 1953 é‘Thomomys bottae 238-65-30-6 Itinerary 10 mi. NW S.LACe, 4200 Pts Salt Gare co. Utah. | Motored west of Salt Lake City on North Temple street. Turned North on dirt road near Saltair resort and motored about 14 miles north of main road to a sandy, grassy area. Set out 40 Museum special trans about three yards apart in a sanddune. area from a salt flat’ that ran to the lake shore. Set traps in entrances to holes in dunes and in runways.Caught ecced Dipodomys ordi and ae Peromyscus aniculatus. Bait: rolled oats. Put up specimine # 1 from this group. Wotored to the above mentioned area and set out twenty Museum special traps in the same locality. Caught six Dipodomys ordi. Bait: Rolled oats. 4= miles SW 4400 baal, Weber Je Hillis orcharc 4627 So. 1200 West County, Utah,Howard Il had observed mayny Citellus variegatus holes in my apricot orchards and on the side hilt east of the orchard and placed Hm two number 1 steel traps at the: mouth of two holes on the. side hill and three number 1] steel trans at the mouth of three holes on the base of apricot trees in the orchard. No bait. Covered the traps with sand. These traps were set on 27 April. and.checked each night end im us ll te Ci e on ht ug Ca . er ft ea er th g rnin tus at mouth of hole on side hill mo variega Specimen # 2. Caught one Citellus variegatus at mouth of other hole in side hill. Itinerary Hede Bllis 19535 4 May Causht one Citellus variegatus in same trap and same hole that made the catch Pou April. 6 May Moved trans from orchard (where no animals lhad been taken) sand side hill to a flat area north of the apricot orchard where the pruned limbs are taken and burned. Set the traps at entrance to holes in this area. Bait: part of a carrot on a stick’ over the traps. Caught two Citellus variegatus. Specimens TF M a) Caught one Citellus variegatus ir different trap. Bait: Carrot. given to Fred Longhurst. Caught one Citellus variegatus ina different trap. Bait: carrot. Specimen given to Jo Knight. Caught one Gitellus variegatus. animal mentioned above was taken | Only one animal was different trap. ever taken from one hole. No trap caught more than one animal. Baiting the traps with carrots evidently was instrumental in catching the animals. All animals found in the traps during the afternoon check. No animals were ever caught during -tone night. 7 mi SE Ogden, 4300 ft., H.T.Kendell farm@ Davis Co., Utah. : | Motored to the Henry T.Kendell farm in South Weber, Davis Co. Utah and walked tom the end of his farm near the banks of Weber river. Set out 6 #1 steel traps at the openingss of holes and near slides of @ndatra Zibethica in the Riverdale Trrigation Company Ditch. 7 HeJeHllis 1953 itinerary Set two traps at the opening of holes in ian alfalfa field that bordered the ditch. These traps were set out April 29 and checked each night and morning thereafter Caught 1 Ondatra Zibethica in a trap on wae top of the ditch bank in a runway | three feet above the water. Bait: apple ionSere above the trap. Also 1 Peromyscus Manicualtus in trap in alfalfa field. (These spicmens given to Fred Longhurst. Caught one Ondatra Zibethica in same trap and same locality and specimen taken 1 May. BaitsApple on stick. Specimen #4. Also caught one Peromyscus mawniculatus ini isame trap that the Peromyscus }has been pekon on 1 May. Specimen # 4. feanueee one Ondatra Zibethica in trap at water level in bottom edge -of di ten, at mouth of tunnel. Bait: Apples on stick. specimen civen to Jo Knight. 2000 36...600 By Lake Co., Utah. 3S.L.C. 4560 ft. Saag Thomomys bottae traped in burrow on. vacant lot by Vernon Holmes. Specimen #154 125 mi. NE. Ogden, S. Fork of Ogden River, iCamp Kiesel (Boy Scouts of America) Area. 19400 ft., Weber Co. Utah. Motored to Camp Kiesel area to collect jspecimens in that area. Hiked to bats cave area NE of the main camp. Collected snree Hutamias Quadrivittatus. (Not able ito preserve them.) Shot with #7 shot, 1410, shotgun. Collected one EHErethison Dorsatum with twenty-one rifle. Specimen # 5, (skull only). Taken on steep rocky islope south of main area, cee see 10 May » Motored to Camp Kieose] area to collect | specimens. ttatus. Shot one Enutamias Quadrivi- (not kept) Set out five large rat traps baited with rolled oats in main lodge, collected one Peromyscus maniculatus and two Citellus Laterali Specimen #10. Fred Longhurst kept che other two specimens. Collected two Erethizon dorsatum on the Bat's cave trail NE of main camp. We had reset the five traps in the lodge at camp ae Caught three Peromyscus maniculatus. main (Not kept) holiéet ed one Merete flaviventris on the ro aa S0.:0f the msain-Camp. S008 with # 7 shot, Petits, s i 2 410 shotgun by Alma L. f zr 1 wa 0 1: is Co i @ L e C e Wt Qn 22} ca ete east through the mouth of gration canyon. .Set out four large trans baited with rolled oats near the entrance to holes of Citellus armatus in.an open field* on the south Side of the main orad. Visited the traps again three hours later and had caught one Citellus armatus. Specimen # 9. ee ee + Paes oe oe PPOeat NC re was taken fate the entrance Lde of loose ‘ted with borders and the Great Sunnd teriv.ed by grass a nda on. There were ae runways in dente of ® je 0 ch TO iY QO. : anol oD a oO 4 © De ot ke Pr OD Delt nd +s 2 > rT c+ he Lyr ie many Dirodomys the ares. All being in use. O sagebrush io. $ nd 2 Sj oO cr GD Cy ct @ RO 4 fw dew and Pe an Snow} BLL. 8 ode ALREN ae Ls = = eSPyoeeS Saa = B : SKE 2 ee eee Se Fa : “ = bs TEST Senate BeeeeeannsCane eee eae een —-ea fi de ae ; Account of5 Speci EReee Citellusvvariegatus 44 mi. SW. Ogden, 4627 S$. 1200 W. 4460 {t., Webder Co., Utah.H.Hllis farm. J.E. # 2 was taken $ unnel 3e] in the entrance of in a side hill burrow, east of an apricot orchard on the Howard J. Ellis farm. The tunnel entrance is about 12 inches in diameter, due probably to the sandy, gravely nature of the hill in which it was’ dug. There are grasses and alfalfa on the hill side and in the nearby orchard. The hole is about 15 feet below the level top of the hill where the orchard is located. Many broken apricot pit shells were observed on the aprin of the tunnel mound. No* bait used. Single specimen, H.J.E. # 7 was taken in a #1 steel trap at the entrance of a tunnel burrowed vertically into a level area of ground 100 yards north of the Apricet orchard. No dirt was piled around this entrance to the nest, A piece of a carrot was used as bait. Virgin grasses and weeds are in the immediate area. B : SRE AAs PhS Res AST SeaseenCoaneere SRO ol = Bs . Py7 ot} y. Seeman = TIN § * s os S Account of Species Hrethizon dorsatum Se Fork of Ogden River Weber Co., Uta! gr specimen, H.J.E. # 3 was taken, kull only) on a steep rocky slope mile south of the main camp It was sighted feeding in ps bushes. of low growing scrub oak Shot with ea twenty+two rifle. The animal was infested on the underside by many wood ticks. There had been little damage done to the bushes on which the animal was feeding, therefore it appeared that he had come into the area only recently and that other Brethhzon: had hot been in the habit of feeding in:that particular spot. He attempted to mske his escape over a rocky ledge before he was shot. a \ 7 } ‘ aE oryrarer ce ar aEahsraeUPRSTANDSS K H.J.Ellis @: i::5 | ESRe RE RA 0kAne re Oeers eoeee| L953 | Account of Species Citellusiiateralis co Mi. NE. Ogden, Kiesel Area, 5S . Fork of Ogden River 5 400 FUt., Weber Co., Single specimen, H.J. #%# 10 was taken in a large rat trap Salted with rolled oats in the main lodge of the Boy Scout Camp. The trap was placed behind a . table top that was leaning against the |} North Wall. The traps were set at 3 P.) | and the animal was found in the trap at 6:50: P.M. Indicating it is diurmal ah }nature. There was no evidence of nesting places for the animal.in the building but both of the outside entrances gave | easy access to any and all animals that | wanted to enter. There was nothing to indicate where the animal nested or what it fed on. . a~ a “ 7 3 _ . : = a 3 7 4 4 a Se yy ae ere re‘ Perrerry i) , Ps . 2. IEA EY Seeenne ter Di as Be EGS? Gy)! SE b Fans —s ee etabaneaieetc a aa ey Soh p— in. wert os H.eJeHllis Account of Species 1953 Ondatra Zzibethica 2 May % Mi. SE Ogden; 4300 ft., H.T.Kendell farm, Davis Co., Utah. Single specimen, H.J.E. # 4 was taken in a # 1 steel trap that was set on the The trap edge of an irrigation canal. was placed on the top of ‘slide or runway and on the brink of the ditch three feet above the water. The animal had either been attracted to the trap by the apple bait over the trap or had 3 fallen into the trap by accidnet as it came up out of the ditch. The animal was found during the morning check of traps. It was caught during the night or during the early morning hours. It may have been going into the neighboring alfalfa field to feed when it was caught. os H.d.Hllis 1953 sy . ' ; Fs 4 ; z FA nt Reirar hy Ps so 3s mE— Sesieaaans alicneiiar Account of Species Marmota flaviventris D... 25 mi. NE. Ogden, South Fork of Ogden River, Camp Kiesel Area, 5400 Ft., Weber Co., Utah. Single specimen, H.J.E., #11 was take ifrom a nesting area about = miles So. of the main Boy Scout Camp lodge. It was |collected by Alma L. Ellis with a 410 |shotgun, # 7 shot. Many of the animals |were observed in the same area. They [had many holes burrowed beneath a large |flat boulder that overlooked a cut in the road. The animal collected came from underneath the rock and sat looking at us from the edge of the hill, After 17% had |been shot, others came out from under the rock to continue to look at us.A curious group of diurnal animals. Mountain |grasses and shrubs in the area. Ca ~ - a x . r eeee ee ee ee = ~ oe Fa > 4 ae Fak = = + ie’ e : ~ . oiq ar 7 i203osen i Ck ee eh = —- TOR ~ itellus— armatus B.0Of 500 Se t60C 5 ie Salt Lake Co., Utah. Beousc pecimen, H.J.E. # 9 was taken ratetrap baited with rolled trap was set at the entrance ow in an open field in which er burrow openings were observed eid borders the main hish way and ascent of human dwellings. The eg mountain.grasses in it and was surrounded by bushy plants. Before the Jf traps were set out many Citellus Armatus were observed running about in the field The traps were set ab 10:00: Ast. the animal found in the trap a These are diunal animals. #2 Account of Peromyscus maniculatus a snecimen ; Sin ol] Ge jin a #1 steel tran to catch an Ondati Baken in a trap burrow in an may have been taken trap or it could have climbed upon the trap to ret to the apnle ba suspended above it on a stick. py | Peromyscus maniculatus es same trap on Widocneea. ?The burrow could have been sage donded a the animal that made it and may have be serving as a home for the Peromyscus a. n° 53. ee a Ce Seea8 Wee Terra. T | a BONE € we 8 Ie oe aaa Naon ADB SY errs Ste28 Wee Aro hb a3 | Cerra ee o Account of 3) Thomomys bottae 2000:.50. SOO EK. S. Le GC. 4900. Ft. salt Lake Co., Utah. Single specimen, H.J.E. #15, was collected in a gopher trap (ring type) by Vernon Holms in a vacant lot. Grass and tall weeds were in the area,