Mallard notes, v4295
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Mayhew 1958 Aug. 26 Journal 99. 1000 Palms area, Riverside Co., Calif. then returned to Riverside at 1500. In all, we traveled 211 miles, and collected 27 specimens of 7 species. Sept. 10 Barton Flats area, San Bernardino Co., Calif. This morning at 0715 Warren Gross and I left Riverside for Barton Flats and the San Gorgonio Wild Area. We reached the wild area (about 50 miles away) at 0845. There is a comfortable trail leading from the parking lot over "Poop-out Hill" on toward the summit of San Gorgonio. We followed the trail for a mile or so, then dropped down into a beautiful meadow at the edge of the south fork of the Santa Ana River. Lots of birds and some squirrels were active here, but no lizards were seen, even though the weather was very pleasant. We caught one of Sceloporus graciosus & saw several others of the same species upon our return to "Poop-out Hill." We didn't see any before that, however. The first lizards we seen about 1145 when the air temperature was 22.2°C, (72°F.) and the surface temperature was 33.8°C. (92.9°F.). This spot is about 8000 feet in elevation. Later we dropped down past Jenkins Lake