Field journal, v4297
Page 131
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Mayhew 1960 Journal 58. Aug. 9 Glamis area, Imperial Co., Calif. were captured all night, so it was impossible to say that night collecting before dawn is better in summer than collecting early in the evening. We collected 2 Phrynosoma m'celli about 0400, which was quite surprising to us. We drove 175 miles night collecting last night, 366 miles for the entire day, Callicrura hatchlings were seen. at least 38 Wood Ibises were seen in trees and on open farm land at 0550 this morning near Orita Siding. The first Uuna was seen at 0625; air temp (30") at this time was 31.6°C. Sunrise was 0505 today, Minimum temp. last night was 82°F., maximum temp. yesterday was 112°F. We looked for Uuna notata from 0745 to 1000, then from 1100 to 1215. We left the area at 1215 and drove east through Glamis to Blythe, then to Desert Center. We stopped at the San Bernardino - Riverside Co. line to fix chow. However, we caught one Sauromalus obesus before we ate (cought at sundown). Then we night collected to our campsite at Dale Dry Lake, stopping at 2050. One Phyllorhynchus decurtatus was caught. We drove 200 miles today.