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Arnold, Steven)
1965
14 June
Madera Canyon, Santa Rita Mtns., Pima-Santa Cruz Cos.
Arizona
Nat'l Forest men said Trogons (T. elegans) were
nesting up canyon from our camp & asked if
we'd heard them (Sage thought he had the site
before). Also reported a bat cave (ie. old mine
couple hundred feet deep) @ end of Bog Springs
road (ie. dirt road) where some prof. from Calit
had taken 'couple hundred common bats & 7
rare ones'.
Finished skiers ~3:00pm & hiked back up
canyon & noosed 2 more (&+?) S. jamovi),
between rocks. Sightied several Mexican Jays &
(Aphelocoma ultramarina). Whole upper part
of the canyon is very reminiscent of
Santa Anita Cny. (+San Gabriel cny.), San Gabriel
Mtns in Calif. Yuccas - Oaks, Sceloporus (occidentalis)
Jays (Calif), Phrynosoma (cervinata), Campopeltis
(pyromelana vs. zonata) make the 2 seem all
the more similar.
While I was lashed out for an hour,
Sage said he'd seen a ? Rivoli's Hummingbird
(Eugenes fulgens). Paused momentarily
above camp table (w/ watermelon) & then
flew on.
Left camp ~4:30 to put in another
group of traps. Sightied several turkey
vultures soaring @ in tree (1) in route down-cany,