Weston 1946 Journal 36 July 14 Pinto Basin Joshua Tree Natl Monument, Riverside Co., Calif. I wandered around the floor of the basin near camp just looking around to see what I could see. Around a few scattered smoke trees I saw some verdin's. There are about 10+ of these trees near the road. In about 8 of these 10 there are verdin nests. Several of the nests had feathers in them. Dr. Miller identified them as duck feathers, probably having come from some old discarded mattress or pillow nearby. Birds seen include: Verdin Desert Sparrow Cactus Wren Back at camp we ate dinner and went to bed at 8:30 p.m. A beautiful full moon is out at night now. July 15 Up at 4:45 a.m. I ran my trap line of 60 snap traps. I caught 4 Dipodomys merriami (10-7-3??). None of the females were lactating nor did they have any embryos. After eating breakfast I sat down and skinned my catch. My trapline was set out on the sandy gravelly floor of the Basin, around lone creosote bushes. At about 9:30 a.m. I was through and then wrote some field notes. While skinning the rodents, Dr. M. and I saw a western mockingbird fly by camp. It is the first individual