R.J. Raitt Journal 4 January 26 Martinez Canyon, Santa Rosa Mts, Riverside Co., California but he didn't get a good shot at it before it flew down canyon. We then hiked on up the trail but had gone only a few yards when we spotted an oasis in the south canyon and climbed down the steep canyon wall several yards to it. There was quite a bit of green vegetation, presumably grass, filling the canyon bottom. A very small trickle flowed along the bottom and there were a few stagnant pools. We had heard a titmouse from above but couldn't locate it or any other birds so we headed back down after a short drink from a better part of the rill and a futile search for amphibians. The oasis is about 3,800 ft in elevation at its foot. We didn't traverse it to its upper limit. On the north-facing slope above it we saw manzanita [illegible], ceanothus and Pinyon Pines in addition to the junipers. This denser vegetation at this point comes down the slope nearly to the canyon bottom. We started down at about 4:30 PM and had gone about halfway to the junction between the 2 branch canyons when I heard another Cactus Woodpecker which he shot. After a short chase, the wounded bird was dispatched and we headed on down. Darkness overtook us at about 5:45 PM and it began to sprinkle rain at about 6:15 PM. We reached camp at about 6:30 PM. All day long clouds had been drifting over the crest of the Santa Rosas from the west so that it had been alternately sunny and