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D. Strong
1925
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heaps of clam shells, one that covered perhaps 1/2 an
acre but of no depth, not broken, and containing so far
as we saw no artifacts. Many stones are in evidence --
but little else save the varied flotsam of an ocean
beach.
On a pond near the ocean I saw one Snowy Plover,
which acted suspiciously as tho it were nesting. Also
saw a Jack rabbit in the dunes, Skunk, Wildcat and Coy-
ote tracks. Out at sea an immense flock of sea birds,
apparently all shear-waters
with about fifty Brown
Pelicans were circling
over a school of fish.
The flock was perhaps two miles long, 200 yds. wide or
more, and to a height of twenty feet above the water.
A vast collection!
This evening Schaffner, Pijoan, Cooper etc. came
in after a wild and hurried trip up the mt. All gave
out at the Oaks, but Cooper and the other boy, who rode
with Melling up to the Vallecitos rim, took photos and
then down the north end of the mts. Melling came down
to San Antonio with them. Had an interesting discussion
tonight, much to the disgust of H. who was fixing a tire.
June 13, 1925. Drove with the two other machines down
the San Antonio canyon and investigated a cave about
200 yds. north and above the canyon, about 1/2 mile east