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Murray
1948
55
Journal
May 9 San Jose de Comondu, 700 ft., Baja California
Today I have seen a verdin, canyon
wren and a costa hummingbird which
has a nest in a large tree behind the house.
The nest is located on an outer branch,
about 4 ft. high and poorly concealed.
Saw a Streptosaurus mediusi and
Cnemidophorus t. rubidus, both among
the smaller rocks on the hillside.
This hillside is lava talus in great
quantity, with pitahaya, pitahaya dulce,
cardon, lumboi, ocotillo matorra and
a number of other brush forms growing
to a varying degree. In some places
there are quite large boulders.
On this terrain behind our house
to the south, put out 50 live traps
about 50 ft apart.
Tonight we all went out to shoot bats
in open fields among the palms. The
others got Pipistrellus and Eptesicusfuscus.
The pipistrelles were moderately common,
began flying before dusk fell and stopped
earlier than the others. Saw as many
as 13 turkey vultures circling both high
and low overhead.
In the afternoon Gust shot what I
am sure is Streptosaurus repens on a rock.