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Gilmore San Felipe Bay Lower Calif. Mexico.
March 22, 1970.
Left the camp ground of the 21st at 7:45 A.M. and traveled for 5 hours over heavy sand interspersed with little stretches of volcanic rock. Here, between the deep dry canyons and deep bumps, the traveling was very rough and tiresome. Saw some birds again among them being Sage Thrasher, Ash-throated Flycatchers, Horned Sparrows, [illegible], one Red-tailed Hawk, Vulture.
Saw some lizards, Ammospermophilus, and horned toads. Finally reached San Felipe Bay behind two high sharp hills and saw a very barren & inhospitable landscape. Camped about a quarter of a mile south of the only well in the country, a small well 2 x 3 ft. set in a larger hole 15-20 ft. + 5 ft deep. The small is about 2 ft below the level of the large hole. The water is warm, dirty and slightly salty. The land adjacent to the bay was once a sea bed as is shown by the profusion of