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Hendrickson
1950
Journal
Aug. 24 Lower Corington Plate, 5000 ft., Riverside Co., Calif.
Corington Well is a small, concreted dam and (dry)
below the dam seepage accumulates to about
a quart or two of water. Mountain Devil
(5) flushed from this water hole as I
approached. About 3/4 mi. below this
site, another water hole hold perhaps
1 1/2 gal. of water. Near this site cottonwoods
and true willows were growing along
with mesquite, catclaw, and juniper.
About 25-50 yds. above this water hole,
in a small thicket of 10-15 ft. cotton-
woods, I found the skull and vertebral
column of a Bighorn Sheep (shell is #1213
in my catalogue). Near the water
I took a Pileated wambler from
bushes in the wash bottom. While
putting the bird in a cone, a young
Bighorn sheep started up about
75 yds. away on the opposite wall of
the canyon. I walked to a large
boulder & stood on it, watching me,
for about 30 seconds, then walked up
to the ridge above and stopped again
to look at me before going down the
other side. I realized this animal
had about 60° of curl to its horns.