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Greene, H.
1980/1
1 July Sunol Valley Regional Wilderness, Alameda Co., California.
Turned on Geary Rd @ 0830 hr, sky sunny & warm.
Lynx rufus crossed road from a steep slope
to the SW toward high grass and trees to
the NE. I stopped and got a good look
-seemed curious at the clicking noises I
made, but disappeared as I started to
walk across the road to it. @ 100 m further
there are 3 Urocyon (2 seem to be
pups) on the side, and they also allow
fairly close approach. There are literally
100s of Spermophilus beechyi everywhere,
even climbing on tree trunks (started,
downed ones that is). Arrived at entrance
to Sunol Wilderness Park and met
naturalists including Tony ?, who
is stationed at Del Val - he's seen 3
Felis concolor this year! Drove on
a dirt road (@ 3 miles?) to Camp
Ohlone, where I gave a talk on
reptile biology. On the way found
a DOR Lampropeltis getulus w/
obvious food in it - later proved
to be a fairly big Crotalus constrictor.
@ 1100 hr, as we sat in the shade in
an open area at the camp, a
large Crotalus viridis crawled