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Greene, H.
1980
10 May (cont.)
tracks at streamside in the lower
part of the canyon. They were in damp
mud ~1630 - since the water rises every
night and falls during the day, this
cat must have come down only a few
hours earlier. Ate supper and food
hurled 2000-2300. Got FOR C. castes (4), C.
satchelli (2), Septotylphlops (1), Ichmanusa
(1), and several Coleonyx. Slept till
0800, even though we woke up in full
sun.
11 May Darwin Falls Canyon, Inyo Co., California
Walked around the canyon - numerous Uta,
Callisaurus, Gnenidophorus, Sauromalus, and
I noosed and photographed 1 Crotaphytus. Kurt
spotted and we photographed a subadult (?)
sauromalus ~1/2 m up in a creosote bush
taking fast gulps of flowers; the bush
swayed each time the lizard moved. It
eate for a few seconds as we watched from
many meters downslope, and then it abruptly
descended. John saw a red-tailed hawk
w/ a Sauromalus. Robert caught a claspig
pair of Bufo punctatus. We left ~1130,
caught 2 Crotaphytus as we drove out on
Darwin Road. Saw many Sauromalus along
190 as we drove to Olancho - where we had