Field journal, v4298
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Mayhew 1962 Journal 35. July 17 Dale Dry Lake, San Bernardino Co., Calif. Walt Moberly, Dave Reuther & I left UCR at 0500 for our monthly sample. We reached the collecting area at 0700 and immediately began to collect animals. The weather was perfect today for catching lizards - no wind or overcast, not hot too early (didn't reach 100°F until nearly 1100). We quit walking for lizards at 1100, then drove slowly along the road looking for lizards from 1105 to 1140. By then a SE wind had risen to 5-8mph. We were able to capture 41 lizards of 4 species, as follows: Uma scoparia - 26 (12 ad Ø, 12 ad ♂) (2 imm released) Diposaurus dorsalis - 10 (5 ad Ø, 2 ad ♂) (3 imm. releasid) Callisaurus draconoides - 2 (1 Ø, 1 ♂) Urosaurus graciosa - 3 (2 Ø, 1 ♂) Animals were not really abundant today. Wind had removed nearly all animal tracks - probably yesterday, since only Dipodomys tracks and the tracks of other nocturnal species were all that could be seen when we first arrived - so any activity today should have been apparent. However, few lizard tracks were seen during our stay. We reached UCR at 1425 after a trip of 223 miles.