Field journal, v4298
Page 185
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Mayhew 1963 Journal 37. Aug. 21 Glamis area, Imperial Co., Calif. one pass between the canals, looking for Phrynosoma m'celli. We caught 4 of them at this time. Aug. 22 We arose at 0600 after a rather miserable night. The mosquitoes almost carried us away. We camped in the creosote bush scrub 8 miles west of Glamis where we have camped many times before. Never have I seen so many mosquitoes, hovever, in fact, I've encountered mosquitoes here only once before in 5 years. We looked for P. m'celli from 0700 to 0930. We had to dodge many gravel trucks during this period. We caught 4 P. m'celli & saw one DOR. We returned to UCR at 1540 after a trip of 560 miles. Sept. 4 For McLanahan & I left UCR at 1400 because a widespread rain storm threatened to release precipitation near Glamis. Although rain fell from Los Angeles to Brawley, no rain fell at Glamis. We drove further east, hoping to find spots where it had rained in Sceloporus couchi habitat, but we were unsuccessful. We spent the night camped at Milpitas Wash, 12 mi. south of Palo Verde.