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LIDICKER
1958
(June 19 cont.)
to ~ 5000 ft - Buddles, mosquito - not good hermiain habitat, but possibly on a farm. The th rd. descends st. wit mosquite, yucca + grass desert. About 10 mi. W Wilcox ca see huge valley to SE; the begin to descend further it large valley to E,
2 mi. W Wilcox - gives plain with some shrubs
+ yuccas . It looks like good hermiain habitat just W [illegible] Do Cabezos wit mosquite climbs
with many canyons, etc. We turned SE at W illeox
turned Do Cabezos + Portal. 5 mi. E of
Do Cabezos we saw [illegible] 3-4 juns, Citellus
sppilosoma . Also along this stretch we saw
lots of horned larks, sev. skates + murres
spectabilis - moths, a few scoter moths on oak,
winter held our & large turkey today spinned
on across road. A little higher we saw another
which looked like Sciurus argores . After lunch
away from farm - saw 1 Myarchus sp. Continued our
int. to SW. Ranch Stn. Spent night here
June 20
Around camp saw 1 chipmunk, Vires solitaria
another small sk., sk. card Sppilogenys + 4+ Wh. W.
Nuthatch. Left Stn. & continued E. 2 mi.
of Portal is mud grass, short mosquite + agave.
Saw 2 Sppilogenys which looked like auduboni
Ran into moderate pairs or desert's E of Portal.
Once on US 80 we felt heavy rains. Az