Field notes, v1724
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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)