Image from the Biodiversity Heritage Library.
Contributed by Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, University of California, Berkeley.
| www.biodiversitylibrary.org
Transcription
Mayhew
1958
Feb. 4-6 Journal 59.
Colorado Desert, Riverside & Imperial Cos, Calif.
some unidentified hummingbirds.
7. On the west side of Salton Sea
from Salton Sea Beach to the
southern outskirts of Indio. There
was lots of mistletoe on both sides
of the road for miles. As we were
traveling through the area rapidly,
we didn't see many plainspeas,
but did manage to see a few. Our
impression was that they were fairly
numerous in that area.
8. Indian Wells. A number of plains
were seen just east and across the
road from Desi Arnaz' fancy hotel.
Lots of mistletoe in that location.
9. Palm Desert. Up Deep Canyon south
of the Palm Springs Wildlife Refuge.
A couple of plains seen here.
10. East end of Dillon Road just north
of Indio. Lots of mistletoe & some plains seen.
Quite a few wild flowers were seen
on the trip, such as sand verbena,
desert sunflower, Encelia, desert primrose,
some kind of lupine, and many annuals
I couldn't identify. Creosote bush was
in bloom in some spots, but these
blooms were rather restricted in
their distribution at this time. One adult
Callisaurus was caught (Desert Center) &
another seen on entire trip.