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Kendrickson
1950
Journal
Aug. 27 Lower Corvinton Flat, 5000 ft. Riverside Co., Calif.
At 8:45 took Cnemidophorus from beneath desert willow in bottom of upper canyon. Cnemidophorus = 40.5°c.; dappled shade where taken = 34.6°c. (leaf litter-gravel). Returned to camp and prepared specimens. In afternoon went to tunnel at Corvinton Springs (with Jerry Russell), took Hylotis thysodes (see sp. acc.), and set two rat traps (Mustela (?) droppings in tunnel).
Aug. 28 Left camp at 5:15 A.M., temp.=16.4°c.
At 5:20 A.M. in 1st wash S. of camp, temp.= 15.9°c. Went to tunnel at Corvinton Springs; found no bats. Temp. 35 ft. back in tunnel at 5:25 A.M. near ceiling = 20.2°c. Returned to 1st wash S. of camp, checked steel traps (nothing), and cleaned out some of sand in water hole. 7 Mountain Javal left as I approached water hole; killed one which was in fairly good plumage. Took Empidox, Distatcher, and Calif. Jay near water hole, then remained quiet at observation post for about 2 hours. Calif. Jays, a lone Mountain Javal, and Chipmunks were the only visitors at the water hole. The jays were very