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R. MOON
1981
Journal
88
21 May
Hole in the Wall campground, Providence
Mountains, San Bernardino co., CA.
I hiked down into the canyon below
the hole and below the lookout; in one
of the small cave-like holes I found three
Barn owls roosting together (this time I
took some photos) (Species account: Barn
owl). I also found a skink and a Fence
lizard in that little canyon (Species
accounts: Gilbert Skink; Western Fence Lizard).
We also drove around into Wild Horse
canyon and hiked around on the west side
of Hole in the wall. We found several areas
with owl pellets where the owls roost
on the volcanic rock cliffs. Most of
the rodents (skulls) that we found there were
from woodrats and kangaroo rats; very few
or no Peromyscus species.
Harry Greene caught a juvenile chuckwalla
on the lone butte on the east side of Hole
in the wall (Species account: Chuckwalla). This
area was volcanic rocky with desert scrub;
no creosote for the chuckwallas here either.
Afterward, we all went home (to the Granites)
to set around a campfire and checked rodent traps.