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C. ZIEGLER
1956
JOURNAL
May 11 LEONA HEIGHTS PARK, ORLANDO, ORANGE CO, FLORIDA
Took a short trip up to park
About 3:30 P.M. Stayed 'til 6:00 PM.
Clear, warm & windy, went with
John & Mike Lawrence.
Park has
stream 3-4 ft wide x 2-3 in. deep
coming down steep bully bordered
with rowwood & canf, bay & full
of rocks & boulders in stream 650
up stream a 1/2 mile or so is
what I think is called Portugas
Flat. A short across meadow
with a few rocks & a small
seep on one side of hills surround
3 sides of "Valley".
Down in
the stream bed canopy is 95% dense.
We dug down in leafmold (rowwood)
at base are stump or rock & found
an ENSATINGA in a hollow under
the woods. Defensive Rx-swirling tail
& body highthegs & whitish secretion
on top of tail. Turned over [illegible]
logs & dug thru more leafmold but
got [illegible] nothing else in stream
bed.
Turned over rocks in "flat"
& found a small ENSATINGA, ZOEY
BATTERMANOSCA [illegible] TANCIDOS LUBARIS,
also a large (1 1/2 in) Jerusalem
Cricket & a 7" scorpion. John collected
both ENSATINGS here & proc-laiding
in separate & got a look at one frog-
Hyla (?), Mike found tadpoles but
didn't collect them.
Birds:
Red-tailed Hawk - 2
MORNED OWL(?) 1 (just partial foot healed)
Violet Green SWALLOW - 6+ (first seen this year)