Field notes, v1521
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here are about 14"; many of them in places have rhymes going 6 miles or more down into the sand. See on "Spider" hole in bare sand between Tillabris. air 11 a.m. cloudy tanbo .15°, sand 3" down 17°, 5" down 17°. at 1:30 coudy bright with haze 16 ½°. more insects in afternoon. In most places the sand is damp down about 3 miles. nearest non-Tillabris reception is in the gulley, about ¼ mile from the study area. The puffantree in the gully seems to be spread about 100 yards apart.* There has been rain since we were here last year, as well as rain upstream. After operating scores of tempering, lizard or gecko holes in the sand, almost always no results, found a big cricket insect, similar to those collected here and at 80½ km this year (but not last year). Burning owl pellets piled up along the reach on south side of gulley contained 1 bird, seeds of insects (butterfly wings and lots of cricket jaws), no scorpion parts. Last year's owl pellets had lots of cricket must have been cricket jaws also. Saw two burning out today, plus sparrow hawks and big frading. The pit footprints here this year and last are tiny (smaller than at 80½ km); found one old skeleton and the skull is tiny. Set 2 traps up in sandy Tillabris and one around boulders at camp. Caught lizard under flat rock.