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Mayhew
1961
Journal
10.
Mar. 6
UCR area, Riverside Co., Calif.
this location. Occasionally we left the
pick-up and climbed over rock piles
without seeing a single lizard. Then
we drove south to Alessandro ave., then
east to Alessandro, finally N.E. to
Pigeon Pass just east of Box Springs
Mts. No lizards were seen on any
of the rock piles or fence posts
where we have captured numerous lizards
in the past. We reached UCR again at
1600. No lizards were seen after 14:35.
Weather conditions at 14:35, when we saw
our last lizard, were as follows:
air temp.(30") - 17.4°C. air temp.(1cm) - 19.2°C.
soil surf. temp. - 30.2°C. 90% overcast
3-5mph wind from NW
Mar. 7
I went up on the back of campus
this afternoon at 14:00 to look for
lizards, at this time the weather
conditions were:
air temp.(30") - 24.8°C. air temp.(1cm) - 27.6°C.
soil surface temp. - 46.0°C. rock surface temp.-36.8°C.
no overcast; 3-5mph breeze from NW.
Many hillsides were searched with the
aid of binoculars, but almost no lizards
were seen this afternoon. The temperature
is considerably higher than yesterday,
but still few animals are out - these
are mostly Uta stansburiana. The
times at which lizards were seen,