R.J. Raitt 1956 Journal March 28 Mohave River, 1450 +/- ft., 5 mi. E &/mi. N Midway, San Bernardino Co. Calif. or floodplain is sandy and is somewhat bare between shrubs except for a strip of variable width (avg about 10 yds) along the banks which is thinly covered by a low, spreading grass (This grass has rather stiff, pointed leaves which make it seem thorny to the bare skin and is similar to some found near salt marshes). Along the moist - and in some places water-covered- edges of the stream is a quite lush vegetation of Scirpus, Juncus and some taller grasses. In some stretches the rushes grow very thickly and two or three feet tall in a yard or two-wide strip on each side. The stream bottom is covered with submergent vegetation. Few of the plants are blooming and the Desert Willow (?), Screw-beana, Mesquite and Catelow are bare of foliage so that the main foliage of the valley away from the stream side is supplied by the Arroweed(?). Birds seen were about 12 Cinnamon Teal which were flushed from the pond and flew upstream. One d Gambel Quail, which was perched near the top of a Mesquite giving periodic notes similar to the "cow calls" of California quail but slurring upward from a prefaatory note, was collected. Others were heard occasionally throughout the morning giving assembly c## calls from the same location near the south edge of the valley. About 4 Killdeer were seen, usually near the water