Christman, Jr 1960 Journal 5 9 April Lave, Covington Flat, 4800 ft. Joshua Tree Nat'l Mon., Riverside Co., Calif. I spent the entire morning photographing on the near side of the flat in the Pinyon belt. Due to the more rugged hills of decomposed granite the Joshua trees peter out as the Pinyons come in; the Scrub Oak and Juniper held up were but many in density. Grasses are not as prominent, shrubs are not as dense as on the upland flats. A Murgante appeared on the upper reaches of the hills -- none were flowering; all in new leaf. They did not appear in solid clumps -- just several well spaced individuals. Saw a group of fresh fecal pellets -- deer size - [illegible] dark brown; they were still shining from moisture. They were on the down-hill side of an open clump of oak on a south facing slope, 50 ft. + below a ridge. No bed was evident although an older trod group of pellets were among the new group. This appear to be deer. I worked up the stream bed which drains the upper Covington Flat. Bushtits, Scrub Jays and Oregon Junces were present but quiet -- no loads on nest hunting. Upon working down the flat, in a blue granite boulder area a small, apparently coyote dug (trough), water hole was found. It was about 15 inches deep and held about a 9x10 pool of water -- in the damp earth