Field notes, v1538
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Quart 1948 Journal 116 June 12 La Laguna, 6200' ft., Sierra de la Laguna, Baja California as it leaves the flat. Maximum temperature today was 83° F. The Mexicans shot three more deer this afternoon. The creek at the exit of the canyon contains many frogs, tadpoles, and a few very small fish estimated to be 1.5 inches in length. As one progresses down this creek, the willows become further apart and the stream bed sandy with large granite boulders and boulder outcrops interrupting its flow. At a point where the stream starts dropping from the flat a water-flow station has been built. It is composed of a dam with a V-shaped opening in it in which a measuring stick has been inserted. A larger gauge-stick is also on the canyon wall. Spotted Towhees are very numerous in the vicinity. All were seen in the forest, many of them scratching in the leaves below the trees in the same manner noticed in Strawberry Canyon at Berkeley California. Their song and chip-notes struck me as being slightly different. Two Mexican boys brought a young Red-tailed Hawk into camp this afternoon and said that they had obtained it from a tree. They took great joy in tormenting