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Crowley
1942
June 1
Journal
Cedar Grove S. Forketings C. 4600 ft. Fresno Co., Calif.
Young Woodpecker flew to an alder tree and
hammered. An enormous Plecoptera
fly was the first animal I noted as I
drew near the river's edge again; so the trail
wound about the mountain. Again I left
the bank of the river and climbed straight
up this north facing slope of the canyon -
south bank of the river. A deer trail
was the only obvious part so I took
it up to the top. When the loge became
too numerous - across the Trail - and the
path too precipitous, I acknowledged the
superiority of the deer in this field and
retraced my footsteps. I had passed
by the C.C.C. Buildings which lay on
the opposite side of the river. As I
drew near the foot of the mountain,
passed the C.C.C. building again and
passed through the musty grove, I
scrambled over rocks searching for the
trail. About 20 ft. from the water's edge
I stopped to peer about for the path. A
crashing in the bushes caused me to look
down at an alligator lizard looking up.
I whipped out the trusty lizard note
and specimen bag, noosed the beast and
dropped him in the bag. The animal we