Weston 1946 35 Journal July 14 - Pinto Basin, Joshua Tree Natl Mon., Riverside Co., Calif. Arriving there we found several parties of people. Because of them we couldn't bathe as planned. Instead we filled up with water and then drove over to the nearby Halsey (or Cottonwood) Mine houses. There we bathed as best as we could with a small trickle of water behind the house. Birds seen there included: Scott's Oriole ♂ ♀ Arizona-hooded oriole Black-headed grosbeak ♂ ♀ Siskin ♂ ♀ Western mourning dove Western mockingbird Gambel Quail ♂ ♀ About 3 p.m. we headed back to Pinto Basin. About 4 p.m. we made camp about 1 mile south of the dunes in Pinto Basin, the same place we have camped on two other nights on this trip. Dr. M & Dr. S headed out to the dune while I stayed behind to set out some traps around the creosote bushes along the main road out in the center of the basin. I set out 60 snap traps. After setting out these traps