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Seib, R.
1981
Southfield, Michigan
30 Aug area near a pool.
Southfield to Berkeley, California
31 Aug The rain clouds are still forming this
morning. Last night it rained and I
drove through Proud Lake area seeing many
Rana pipiens, R. sylvatica, Butorides and
a large Thamnophis. Today I catch a
late afternoon flight to Berkeley.
Berkeley to Corral Hollow, San Joaquin Co., and return
19 Sept. I drove with Dave Darla to Corral
Hollow, leaving Berkeley 17:30. Warm
and sunny in Berkeley. Arrived I-580
by dusk, seeing no snakes on the
first pass. We saw a freshly hit
Road Runner and stopped to take
its shell. I cut open its stomach
and found an adult Sceloporus
occidentalis and ~20 Orthopterans.
Driving W from 580 at dusk we
collected a DOR Pituophis. As darkness
set in, the relative humidity increased
along a two mile stretch with vegetation
and a couple of creeks. I drove this
repeatedly and collected a live
Rhinocelus and Lampropeltis and a few
more Pituophis. I became uncomfortably
cold 20:50 so we drove back. We