Field notes, v1522
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but no rain, Went spotlighting for toads after dark but saw none. Set 22 small Sherman around corks + reed walk at about 4 p.m., corn lost. week 15 night mostly clear, a.m. completely clear, minimum 25°, light frost. wet-min, rede-p 3/14 3/15 5:30p.m.-49° 9½ 5:45 · 47 8 6:30 45 7 6:40 47 7:00 - 45° ¼ cloud 7° 7:30 - 42° (wet bulb) 7:30 - 42 (½ cloud) 5½ 8:30 - 38° ¼ cloud 7 3½ 11:10 - 32° clear 6 3 a.m. - 28° -2° 5:15 - 30° -1 minimum 25° 6:05 - 30 6:25 - 30° (wet bulb 24°) 6:55 - 33 clear ½ 7:20 - 38 clear 3½ 8:55 - 46 clear 6 9:40 - 52 clear 1½ 10:20 - 60° 15½ 11:00 - 60° 11:00-dry 60° wet bulb 47° 12:05-64° 18° 12:25-66 ¾ cloudy .19° 12:45-66 3/4 cloudy 1:10 - 62° ½ cloud, sprinkle 1:40-58° ⅞ " / " 1½ 3:00 all cloudy, drizzle 3:50 44° variable hail. 4:40 410 .. 5° 7° 5:10 - 38° rain 5:40 - 37° rain 6:20-37° rain Fixed up telometers, watched toads & lizards, [crossed out] Toads were wandering out in the open at noon with warm body temps., almost all we found were small ones, about 1 to 2 inches long. For example, at 10:25 sunny and windy: ① yellow-footed mini-toad at 22.8° body temp.; dry bulb 17°, wet bulb 45°. It was hopping across turf-grass - Pycophyllum. ② Bufo about 2", hopping out in open, Body temp. .18.5°. ③ 1" yellow-footed mini-toad 28.0° Hopping about 1 ft from hide-hole rock, heading sea-line [crossed out] for rocks (corral rock). ④ 1" toad under rock, 15.0° Lizards seemed to be above ground at erratic intervals. Day 22 traps caught 2 akodon berlefschii and 1 toad. Went out after supper (almost full moon) and saw several frogs hopping cross country with air 3°, their body about 8°