Orrin B. Beckstrand 1966

Student field notes from zoology classes in 1966

Catalogue : O. Becksfrann Vy mile South East Foss Lewis Sand ¢ [AGG Geavel 4760 Feet, Davis County, Utah 3 April, 1b 3 Pezomyscus maniculatus 136-63- 19-19 A miles South East My fon, 5/20 Fest Duschene County, Utab 7 April, /%66_ 3 Peromyscus maniculatus /18-§/-18-IG Ye mile South East foss Lewis Sand ¢ Geavel “4760 Feet, Oavts Coumty, Utah, BO April, 1466 3 Peromyscus maniculatus /62~ 78-/8- Ib V2 mile Above meAdou) CEast) | § 1/00 Feet Millard Coumty, (Atah 13 MAy, 1966 o Citellus variegatus 547- 226-58-23 /mile below Mueller Park C North west), 5/10 Feet, Davis County, Utah IY May, 1966 3 Peromyscus S Mawiculatus I&0-79- 18-/6 Citellus variegatus 614-224-5S-20 5 miles South East Fish Sprimgs Bird refuge, HUOO Féef, Juab County, Utal, 23 May, 1966 CO Citellus Jd Miles townsendii 29S- 59-23-7 South Fish Springs Bird Kefuge, 4HO0O Feet, Juab County, Utah ad May , UGE oS Peromyscus Mawiculatus I6S- 75-20-19 Sas Fish Springs Tou, § 300 FeeT, Jusb County, Utah 3O May, IA66 Te S Perognathus Parvis o Peromyscus 185-/07-24-7/ crinitus 192- 77-18-/32 - L TINERARY e O.Becksfranod 1966 ly mile South East Foss Lewis Sand ¢ Zz Apri! Gravel, “760 feet Davis Coumty, Utah I left home, 70( West 3200 So. Boumtifi. | At AbouT lo:00. Accompanying ME Were My sistee ¢ Beather-in-law, Me. ¢ mes. kent Thompsov. We teaveled East untilwe came fo Oechard drive, Thess we turned Leff Ane proceeded fo The kead that fakes Off fron Orchard Drive And goes to the toss Lewis SANO € Ceave/ Pits. WE took A Road! Leading to the Right AS you Approach The Gremel pit And proceeded up 7. There WAS A pasture for horses Exsclosed by “+ fence on The heft Side. 4p ths WE teave led (00 Yards Toad And Stopped fo Lake A look. h the right of” US WASA Weep And wide ravine with A creel YUmning dlowas in The bottom. WE bloked it aver And thougat (7 wWAs A little too close fo some houses That weee jw the WEIghborheod Also iw The ravine WERE NUMerous tree $ and Othee trees vegetation. The heaves ow the had pot yet begun to Come out. UIE decided to dry Another p lace which is Located oa the WwAy to mueller Park. (DE drove to Orchard Drive AgAm And proceeded farther North tilfwe CA Me to the roAvd! ashich goes ts mueller Park. We drove Up this Coad And Noticed A definite rise im Elevation Cabout Yoo feel.) \When We had travelled About 2 miles Ge stepped ‘the car Next tos A creek by the road and took A Look Agound WE Crossed the road Awd took AN Old Trail going up the Side of the hill toA poiw? Where we found the remains of A but ldrivg of Some Sert. Close by WAS AN old maWress. WE Lifled of up And Found! Eviclence Of Some form of Life, Possibly thats. After A short time WE came to the Conclusion that (t was tos cold te Set Our traps out Here So OVE usent back to the Origiva/ stte by Foss hews Sand ¢ Grave/, Here we set out (6 traps, 4 rat traps Aud /2 Mouse traps. for bait WE Used Jolled oats And Peanut batter: WE Set the first trap by the creek iw A Low, Level grassy ATéA right Underneath A Small tree. The second 7/rap was set up A Little higher rights the division of A Large tree. this was About Zo feet from the first trap And 3 feet Above the Creek, Next we climbed ap the side of the rAUINE foA place ujhere there were A Number of Large Aud small holes. Here LE Placed All the rat traps And two Mouse traps. We then proceeded farther Up the creele. WE first Crossed the creek close te the Spot Where we had se+ our 22% trap. Our sext traps were Placed About § feet {rom ushere _|we evossed the creek. Herewe placed _ 3 traps spaced About 2 feet Apart. ‘These traps Were set aut Under AW Ald Log And ond Flat place asext to The Creek, (WE then WENT farther up the stream and Placed more traps. The Next Ones (oere set About GO feet from the previous owes. [hese were Also | set out ow Fiat places Next to the Creek, however these places were wot Grassy but pebbly. The Last two traps Were Set out About (6 feet AWA y From EAch Other oa; opposite Sides of the stream. Ove was /p quite Thick __ grass And the other was under the | branches of A large free tw Some dead Leaves. WE then Left very confident that th pext morwing our traps would CREEK 3 April oer About 6:AmM T Lect te check the traps. Several of them had been Sprung Especially those Located no Fhe. holes butonly ONe had Arsy thing Iw tt. this was the Last trap we had set out the Lene Speci MEN WAS A Peromyscus maniculatus. T reset My traps And Came home. T left home jw the Evening of the 24% And proceeded to the Above mentioned Area. [setout my traps Ag Ain, however A bit different thanthe first time. The bic rat traps Were placed Along the side of the Creek! lMsteEAp of iw the hales iw the side of the hill. they were sot Ja Approvimately the same places As before. 30 April S Ushen TL returned today [{ of My [G6 traps WEE Missing. I searched The Surrounding Area hut could vot fitod them. I thought it rather |flogical that Awimals would have draggtct lf traps AWwAy And So decided that Some Some children had been Playing 1n the AreA And had seew the traps Ane/ taken them. Ip the remaining Zz peromy scus straps tL found maniculatus, One specimen L kept but the other I discarded Asit had A broken and Some what mimaled skull. L took S three of the traps home And Lett the two that were still baited ip the AreA. T checked These both periodically but Nothing WAS cAught ELVEN Though both traps Lo may WERE set off. Yo mile Above MEAdow Céast) S!oo Feet, Millard County, Utah My Father WAS VAcAtionirg IW this Jown And ow the morning of The Above mentisned day shot A cctellus Usriegntus WW» the middle of A country road. The Animaf Was Living 1» An Area Along this raAd/ by A small stream. totllows, S4ge, And rabbit brush wAs the type Of: vegetation Around its habitat. Stream Road —9) Ij Fields ME4Dow + Fields Hahway © 13 MAY ai | mile below MhueHer Park (North West), 510 Feet, Davis County, Utah | DT heft home and drove North East tif T came to Mueller Park. This was one| of the places IT had checked out before. T+ had beens too cald to trap here before but (+ WAS Warmer paw SoTL cleaded to try i+. After Survey1 ag the Area TL finally decided Upon) AN Area Imile balsw Mueller Park. The AreA WAS vegetated Goth QVASS And A few tail trees. [tums Alsa clase by A creek of Considerable Size. IT set out Straps, | Rat trap And 4 mouse traps, About /0 feet ApAr?t. One Mouse trap WAS OWA SAndy, Pebbly piece of ground whilethe others bieve. Leaate J. ta Grass. All were close lov the creek. ly M AY This Worning Lf eheckes the traps That dL had set cut the night bafsre, L found two Peromyscus maniculatus. ONE WAS Caught IW the trap onthe SANdy Strip And one WA trap 1p the grass, T kept One of the specsmens but the Other had A Ming led skull sol discarded him. This Same After poon oa decided fo check my traps AGAIN And WAS Quite Surprised 46 fitd A - Citellus Oarigatus cAught ww the Ent . trap. f[ rese? the traps And took Thrs specimen home. |S May LI drove Again Yo my +rap lines And found Three specimens cutoff & Traps. Owe Was An immature Peromyscus menicu latus So £ discarded him, Another (IAS A mature meaniculatus ladhy eAtEA by Some but had bees) ofner anim So £ Mso discarded him. In Lesking fer the aed Specimen L Could met Lind the tra p so I searched the Surroundings And found the trap About lofeet | AloAy from shore 1+ had boer set, under Some trees. AS I preked (4 up DTunokced tho mouse was still Alwe As d COAS crught onhy by its hited hea . The mouse trying te EScape had Completely Eaten All the Flesh off his hind keg. TI teok him home And put hiin in A box And Fed him for tiuso or three cays. He Seomed te thrue OW hetluce, cheese, Orange, peanat buen, bread water and parsley. After A Short Sty LT took hiim bac to the Area Where he usas cAughtand turned hin Loose. tree He managed Gutte wel/ cy thous the use of his back Leg, , Mueller ’ Park / Creek Bountiful 27 May | WOE Left The Unwwersrty of teh at about 12:30 ANd made our way to Fish Springs Bird Refuge. We travelled dowa North Temple Awd on te Arg h way AO Cwest). We Followed Mighusay 4o telf/we reached Mills Juwetion then we took A road to the Lel{t And followed Migh wsy XK Through Tooele to Vernon. from VErnen WE LeffThe gas sfationAnd turned right. Then we took the first raad Left And followed it (w the direction of Calleo /// mE Akeined At Fish Springs. WOE Arrived There A+ Aboud S:- 30 After Leaving VERNow The Surround»#g Area Fook on Adlifferent Look. Welefta fertile, jerigated stretch of Land fo be Confranted bya deseet where tt seemed boTthing could Live. Along The asay we SAW Several around Squirrels but could hot tel/ What Specaes They ere. WE _| Stepped i one place And feck Afew shots | A+ some with A .22 ille. [managed to bag WME A Crtellus townsend; ws?th, My first Sheet. Ove of our travellisg om panions Also bagged himselfA fownsendir. That Night before drawer Wwe set sud Our tv-aps, WOE drove to An area About 4 miles South of The Refuge And set our traps on And Around Some SANd dunes. We set aut Approximately 42 Traps. there WAS plenty SL Evidence Of kangaroo Rats So we Thought we Would have Quite A cAtch the Next Mo fn. Middle Sand Oval 1S 8 Dunes corcoccemee gere™ oor \ Wwe drove deo the SAwmd dupes At Sio60 This Morning And our catch UIAS st rat her ‘Poo r. UdE. found one pers mySCS Mantculotus Specimen And this WAS So had ly Eaten ly giant Arts that (+ was Loorthiess. beHer Others however had Success And he put ap Some of Their Specimewps. Whew EvENINg Approached we travelled A bout (o miles to the other Side of the Mountamws to The deserted teu af Fish Springs . This WASIA bout 260 feet Above The £ (sor Of the desert And Night in the Mountains. Here we set out About 60 traps. These were Located an the Side of the Mountain. oe? * abuvy MAE IVOO Ly . Sprias ya Spring Wilsen’s Health | Springs 27 May WWE Left Early im the morwing to check cur traps 4nd Found we had Caught 7 Specimens: Included iw Oar catch WwAs: | Neotama kepida, 2 Perognathus Parous, |} Peromyscus Crinfus, 3 peromyscas | Mawicu latus, and owe bird. WE released —__ | the bwd And kept the ofher Speesmens. Others af the party had similar Success. The Area we were camped At was very SAndy Aud WE WERE camped tnder the Shh, +rees fer (urles. Dar inog the DAy st LOAS extremely hot. About 95°F Andat hight if did Not Cool Ol AS fast SYAS Much As was destred. [he wind Was Continually blowing Aud This resa lted Au Almost Contipuous SAWER of Sand. (Where We were CAmped orat boast w |The oleinity of Fish Springs There wes _ considerable water And ¢t Served Micely As A gameé Kefuge. CDE left CAm p Aheaut 6130 Thal hight And followed the Same route home that we had used Crming out. WE Arewed At Salt Lake C, About [2:00 A-m, 4 Peromyscus maniculatus | O. Beckstrasp Kise 3 April Yes Mile South East Foss Lewis Sand J Gravel, UH7o60 Feet DAvis County, Utah Single Specimen, ©O.B8. # 1, Was trapped IN A grassy flat Piece Of ground About 2 feet from A Small stream. The Spot WAS Located at the base of A Small hill. [C+ was trapped DA Pegu lar Mousé Trap Using Peanut butter And folled oats As bart 2 miles South East Myton, S1Zo Feet, Duschene County, ; Utah 0o8.#2z Single Specimentwas takew by Davio H wresk and Nal Black 30 April 4 Mile South East foss lewis Sand ¢ Geave/ 4760 FEEY, Davis County, Utah Srwqle Specimen, 0.8. #3, Was Trapped JW A Grassy flat piece of ground About SK feet from A Small) stream, There LoEre smal) trees ¢ brush directly over the trap. Tt Was cAught Using A regular mouse trap And Peanut butler ¢ Rolled Oats As bart. /4 MAY / Mile below Mueller Parle Coorth West) Sito feet, Davis County, Utah Single Specimen, O. B. #5, WAS trapped OWA SANdy, pe bbh, strip of Ground About 1 foot fram A | Creek. of Con siderable Size. The — _| trap used was A regular Mouse trap And was set between fr few treoes that Were GrowINng Along the bank af The Creel, The bait Usec] was Pernut butter And Rolled oats. 13 MAy/ of mi les Refuge, Single South Fish Springs Bird 4400 Feet, Juab County, Uta |, Specimen, 0O.3.%3 was trapped Atound A small sand dune with JAge brush grawing In the Area. The trap WAS A Tegular Mouse trap eanut butter pnd kslled WAS the la 1 T. Citellus vari EGAtus 3 f O..Beckstrand _IVelo _ [3 MAY eNOS Vo Mile Above MEAdow (East), S100 Feet, Millard County, Utah Stale Specimen, O.6. Y WAS Shot In the middle of the road heading From town to The Mountains. The re Were flelds on both Sides of the FoAd with bo! Mouss, sAge, And Ra bhet Brush Along the sidé os. the Fields. Also There 43 4A Sma/)] creek _|Crossing The Poadsn the Area. _ fle Was. Shot torth A 2% Lage SE SsazaeI ES AIEEE L+ A ppeAtred A3 if The Animal hAd small ones NEAT by. [mile below Mueller Far le (North west) S160 Feet Davis County, Utah Simale Specimen, 0.8.4 G WAS oe cm A grassy Area with Medium-3/zE Lacks Around (tat The base of Zor ¥ Large +trees. The Creek was About 3 feet AlwAy from the trap. The Trap aaAA ie eee ey used was Arat tradpan dth e e t e t u i pee bait used Was And Rolled oats. PRESEN EET TORSASSIIECTR IDoa = 5 Citellus Townsendii _ : in a 2ZBMAY 5 miles SouthFast Fish Sprinas Bird Refuge, W0ofert, Jurh County , Utal Single Specimen, O-B. #7, Was Shot with A .22 &fle Astt was stand ing Near rts hole. The Area was generalh, Flat tsith A few hills 4 the AreA, SAge brush eS 3 WAS the vegetation Arean. present (ti the _ Perognwathus Parwus PO.Beckstrawn EP (46e SOMA 7 Fish Springs TOWN, S300 Feet, Jualb Single County, Lrtah Specimen, ©. B.#F WAS Jaks al ov A side hil porth of the town Ip AW AreA Covered with Sage brush, Lt was cAught (i A regular Mous€ rap USInG peanut butter And Rolled SOO a PORNARES IAONS OEOIELP SO SAB e tore 3 Pero MAYS COS _ Crint tus. Cae ee actrees HO.Beckstranp | IG66 30 May Fe SOARS 8 PORERR BANE8 UES Ss TEASE BESo honHel oun ee a Juab Strale County , Utah —Ppecimen, ©O.B. HIO, WAS taker ONA hill North of the fown. The Vegetation in the Area WAS SAge brush. A reg ular~ Mouse trap WAS used with Per ned butter And rofled oals As SyAi i. LoSEEE AEMSEE ETPIER