Field notes, v504
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1946 Bill Arway - Journal April 5 One hummer was seen well enough to identify it as an Anna's, sat on a wire, then on an exposed twig of mesquite, probably ~ migrant. We continued on after this short stop to the SW on County Hwy 52 toward State Hwy 78 a th west. On the way out of the valley we stopped to check out San Felipe Creek which runs into Bovego. The canyon sides are filled with large boulders here and we saw a rock wren singing on one. Climbed down to the creek to look around. The water ran clear and cold and had algae and other aquatic plants, with a slight amount of peripheral bog formation around. Hyla regilla were caught from the stream, and thousands of small tadpoles were seen at the stream edges hidden in the submerged grass or algae. A large frog was seen but not identified. We saw a female hummer - sp? catching insects here. We saw her for about 20 minute and all during this time she foraged for the small flying insects which swarmed around over the water at about 15' up. House finches were common here. The hillside above above the stream was covered with rocks and typical desert vegetation, many yuccas, cacti. etc. 2 desert Sparrows came down to the water while we were here from this hillside. She came down and flew over the water surface either as if wanting to bathe, or trying to catch insects near its surface. Continuing on toward Vallecito we saw in a wide