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D.O.Straney
1972
43.
29 March goes off up Darwin Falls Canyon. A small road
follows and we went down this ~.1 mi to base
of canyon and set up camp. Walked ~ 1/4 mi
up to the spring. There is much water and the
stream runs well past our camp. Set traps
along the stream below the 1st falls - in
cattails & willows for a while, then along the canyon
wall. 57 small and 20 lg traps here. Another
20 lg traps along wash below camp. Then dinner.
Per found 1 Bufo boreus while setting and
we returned later to find 3 more in the
pond at the base of the permanent spring.
Saw a bat (Pipistellus?) drinking here.
Returned and in bed ~ 9:30PM - heard a burro
braying before falling asleep. [heard great horned
owl earlier today].
30 March up by 7 AM for breakfast and the walk up
the canyon. Got:
Darwin Falls,
Paramount Spring,
Inyo CO.
7 P. cinnatus (1 escaped)
1 P. maniculatus (dead)
1 Bufo boreus in trap
1 Crotaphytus floating in stream.
The cinnatus were all above the place where
the stream looses permanence.
Also, below camp got