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Mayhew
1958
Aug. 5
Journal
94.
Colorado Desert, Calif.
tigris were already active when we
arrived. We drove into the area
about as far as the car would go,
then walked into the mouth of Deep
Canyon for about ΒΌ mile. By this
time (0800) only Uta were seen moving,
and not many of them. One Uta
moavensi was seen about 20 feet above
the canyon floor just inside the
mouth of the canyon. The remains
of an adult Sauromalus obesus we
found at the same place in a crevice
about 10 feet above the floor. Water
had come down the canyon from last
week's rains, so there were still
damp spots in depressions near
boulders in the stream bed. Fresh
mountain sheep tracks were seen in
nearly every one of these damp
depressions, but we saw no sheep.
Ocotillo are again in leaf in this
area, and Belleperone is in bloom.
Some new leaves were also seen on the
palo verde. Nearly all of the perennials
are quite green. We then proceeded
down highway 99 past the Salton Sea
to highway 78. San Felipe Creek had
water flowing under 99, but not under
78. However, one could see where it had
been flowing quite recently there.