Field notes, v1501
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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.