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Mayhew
1958
Journal 79.
May 3 Mojave Desert, San Bernardino Co., Calif.
pair of Canis latrans and caught
a couple of Bufo boreas. We reached
UCR at approximately 11:30 PM (PDST).
During the day we saw 3 live rattlers
and one dead one, so they seem to be
more numerous this year. In fact, we
have seen live rattles on every class
trip this year. Ed Koo nearly stepped
on one today, but luckily it didn't
strike at him. We caught 6 chuckwallas
this trip, + saw 3 more, at the same
spot we saw and caught only one last
year. The weather today was nearly
perfect — no appreciable wind and
temperatures in the 80's.
May 10 Univ. Calif. campus, Riverside, Riverside Co., Calif.
This morning at 8:40 AM (PDST) the
Zoology 146 class began a field trip
to the east side of the campus.
Rudy Ruibal took ½ the class +
mapped some quadrats after looking
for animals for a while. My group
(with Bobby on his first field trip)
spent the morning looking for
animals. The early portion was
spent looking at birds, the latter
portion was spent looking for
reptiles. The morning was overcast,
but no rain fell during our trip.
The animals seen were: