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TESimpson, 1938
50+ft., Cerro La Cholla, 6 mi. wnw Punta Peñasco, Sonora.
April 5, 1938, continued.
(126th and 127)
Two lizards in the sand and ochotillo and an iguana (128)
in the granite blocks. The iguana I had seen yesterday as
it climbed sidewise into a narrow crevasse; so to-day at
about the same hour I tried to sneak up on it. It was
much too quick for me; I shot it thru the crevasse
and then spent almost a half-hour breaking and
pounding away the granite blocks before I reached
the reptile.
Our camp here on the Gulf is such a delightful
contrast to the "fly-trap" (the flys bite thru clothing and
swarmed over every thing while [illegible] skimming rats and eating)
at Punta Peñasco that we just left. The Gulf is no
more beautiful here than at Punta Peñasco, but we
are right at the shore and enjoy it more thereby. The
small bay here is shallow 6-10 ft. deep and when the
tide (big and fast—comes and goes with real current)
is out, is a level, sand-flat where we gathered a few
clams for the chowder. There are many much-holes in
the flat left by the stingarees; many of these holes
clearly show the entire outline of the skates body.
There are great numbers of shore[and water]
birds on this bay. Three or four times a day what seems to be the
entire bird population congregate in one spot with
much diving from surface and air—presumably
feeding on schools of small fish. Once they were
so grouped just off shore from camp as I returned