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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