Field notes, v1539
Page 87
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R.J.Raith 1956 Journal March 30 Mohave River, 1400-1450 ft., Afton region, San Bernardino Co., Calif. the rail road. I shot it from a screw bean. A few minutes later another one came down to the river near camp and Vic collected it. At about 7:30 AM we, (Vic & I) drove up to the river where we had first collected since he had never been that far upstream and we worked the area that Imogene and I had been in the first day - that is the marshy stretch of stream and the pond against the south wall of the canyon. We saw nearly all of the same birds except Vermillion Flycatcher, Gambel Quail and White-throated Swift. In addition we saw 2. Rough-winged Swallows over the pond and Vic shot one from a perch on a Catclaw on the, edge of the cliff above the pond. Also additional was a Turkey Vulture circling overhead. The snake were encountered in the same marshy stretch of the river although fewer were flushed than on Wednesday. I managed to drop one of 2 that flushed from one spot. I also collected a Yellow- throat and Vic collected one of two Killdeers seen in the area. We both fired several shots at Violet-green Swallows but missed. We returned to camp at about 10 - 10:30 AM. The rest of the morning and the first part of the afternoon we spent skinning. We saw another Scrub Jay fly through the tall Screw bean but were unable to collect it. During the day we heard