Mallard notes, v4295
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Mayhew 1958 Journal 58. Feb. 4-6 Colorado Desert, Riverside & Imperial Cos., Calif. check on mistletoe stands at Indian Wells, Palm Desert, and on Dillon Road (east of Indio). We reached UCR at 3:45 PM. after a trip of 738 miles. The mistletoe stands were as follows: 1. Spots along highway 111 about 1 mile S. of Mecca. No plainspeople seen here. 2. Near Frink on east of Salton Sea. No plainspeople seen. 3. South of Bombay Beach on east side of Salton Sea. No plains seen. 4. Creek bed just north of junction of highway 195 with 60-70-99, just past Shaw's Summit. There was lots of mistletoe here, but was too dark to tell if plains present or not. 5. 9 miles north of Desert Center on road to Rice. There were extensive areas of ironwood, palo verde, creosote bush, burro bush, etc. with numerous bunches of mistletoe scattered through the area. Two pair of plains seen. (Dinotrombium sp. collected in fair numbers in sandy spots here.) 6. Yaqui Wells. One area about 50 yards across that is covered with mistletoe. At least a dozen plainspeople seen here, along with mockingbird, verdin, wren, bluebird, shrike, horned lark, house finch, cactus woodpecker, and