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Havito, Bear
2005
Journal
July 23 Hite Cave, 5 Fork Merced River, Sierra National Forest
and Bridalveil Falls, Yosemite National Park, Mariposa Co., CA
I drove from Lake George to Yosemite and the Merced
River area to put out my data loggers. I parked at the
Hite Cave trailhead and walked the fini to Hite Cave in
extreme heat (near 100°F). I saw lots of Aspidoscelis on
the trail. There were several creeks along the trail
with western exposures that had mossy shaded areas
that could be good for H. brunnes in the winter. I
failed the river to get to Hite Cave. I placed data logger
# 873948 under a large rock in an east-facing crence
a few meters to the south of where I found SMRAT.
(37.63870°N, 119.84545°W [WGS84, 10m acc.], 528m elev.).
The area was full of mossy rocks, with poison oak, grey
pine, buckeye and other vegetation. I walked back to
the car and drove to Yosemite. I walked up to
Bridalveil Falls at dusk. I placed data logger
# 873954 in a crevice under a rock with a NW-facing
opening at 8:45 PM (37.71536°N, 119.64602°W
[WGS84, 21m acc.], 1285m elev.). There was no vegetation
in the immediate area besides moss, although there were
some bushes nearby. The area received some spray from
the falls and the rocks were wet, but the logger
should be sheltered. cIt is about 20m W of a very
large boulder with a very flat slanted side, and just
NW of an even larger relatively flat-sided boulder with