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Nerdickson
1950
Journal
Sept. 8
Quail Spring, 3700 ft., San Bernardino Co., Calif.
Left camp with Dr. Miller at about 5:30 A.M.; hunted toads in vicinity of the tanks at Quail Spring, finding only two Uta and one imm. Sceloporus (magister ?).
Drove about 1/2 mile N along lg. wash running below Quail Spring and hunted there for about 1 1/2 hrs. This is a wide (50-200 yds.), sandy wash with much Catalpa and Desert Willow.
Fresh deer (?) trails were encountered twice in the wash. Collected a Verdin, a Ladderback Woodpecker, a Western (?) Flycatcher, and a Warbling Virginia Warbler while hunting in the wash.
Returned to truck, met Dr. Miller, and drove to a point about 10 mi. S.E. Joshua Tree P.O., San Bernardino Co., Calif.
Here we hunted near the road (to Joshua Tree) for about 1 hr. Collected lg. Sceloporus magister from bare sand-gravel on gentle W-facing slope. Dominant vegetation was Creosote-Joshua Tree-Cholla-Ephedra.
Temp. of animal was 35.0 C.; air temp. at 6" was 32.4 C.; substrate was 38.2°. In area of large granitic boulders above road, caught a fleeting glimpse of a fox.