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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