Had another wonderful night sleep in the mountains and woke up to a foggy morning. The air was so still and the quiet was enveloping us we all felt the need to whisper. By the time we went to check the traps the fog had risen and the day was becoming sunny and warm. We had caught four mice this time and two shrews and as we brought them back to be measured we noticed one of the shrews and one mouse looked dead. However, when we removed them from the trap we saw that they weren’t quite dead but they were very close. Kaggie explained this could happen because it was so cold. So Kaggie and I wrapped them in our coats, massaged them so the blood would keep flowing and tried to blow warm air on them.
We took them back to the cabins and put them in a container for the rest of the day to keep them warm. When it was time to check the traps in the afternoon the shrew and mouse were much more lively and we released them back to the wild.
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