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Ruth, Stephen
1971
12
Rapids Collecting Trip
May 13 Sharp Holes mtns. San Bernardino Co., Calif.
SBR 1421 broken in many. Houses only 15'x20'
in size.
Noosed an adult ♀ chuck atop a
rocky ridge that RCS spotted with
field glasses. When she saw me
from a good ways off she flattened
way down on the rock. I approached
out of sight to within 10' when she
saw me and stuck her head way up
in the air. She did not move away
but seemed to watch me. I got her
on the 2nd pass.
I also removed a juvenile and
1422-1423 a small adult ♂ chuck (red back
partially regrown tail) from cracks in
the granite rock outcroppings.
1424 A Callisaurus and a Ripsosaurus
1425 were also noosed at this spot.
Little houses scattered throughout
the valley from the crest of the
sharp holes mtns all the way to
29 Palms. A cancer spreading via
our circulatory system... roads. May
nature and vandals do their work on
these ticky-tacky structures. Little
houses number several thousand.