Hendrickson 1950 Journal Sept. 5 Stubby Spring, 4750 ft., Riverside Co., Calif. Piñon-Joshua Tree-Burro Brush. Ward Russell shot a Wildcat at the spring, after some interesting observations on it. The road continues past camp for about 0.2 mile farther W, then a trail continues to the spring (about 1 mi. total distance from camp). Sept. 6 Morning overcast with only a few short periods of spotty sunlight in early part. Walked over boulder piles just N. of camp, then circled W. and S., crossing trail to the spring and ascending W. slope of hills on S. side of camp. Saw Ladderback Woodpecker working on fallen Piñon snag. Climbed to top of hill, looking down on camp from S. Saw 1 Scrub-Jay and two Ensigns of Flycatchers. Downhill toward camp saw 1 Rock Wren. The five birds mentioned are the total seen in about 4 hrs. walking. There seems to be a very thinly-spread bird population in the area, and today they seemed very quiet. Temp. 6" above ground at about 7:00 A.M. = 21.1° C. A few Utta and Sceloporus occidentalis seen. No other herps seen. At about 10:30, a slow drizzle began; this built up into a steady