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Transcription
AKP
1973
Toad watch
3/17 sunny, windless
8:35 AM pygophylla #2 lin - dark, stump faked just out
8:45 coral lin # 4 (N 6") near lin #2 rocks
8:50 med. toad under little (2") rock in front of bigger rock.
head in sun
smaller toad (1"), black, walking 2 yds away.
8:53 little toad - travelled without stopping for 5 yds, to little hole.
Paused for 1 min. in sun in front of hole.
Disappeared into hole.
8:56 Little toad out again. Sits wedging me (?) in sun.
9:AM- med coral toad under little rock still
little toad near hole, sunning himself on dirt
something glinting near rear of toad.
9:10 little toad moving still
med toad under little rock
no lin #1 in sight
9:30 as above.
9:40 - med toad as above
little toad - disappeared
spider in entrance of lin 1 hole.
10 - watched lin #1 (5") and smaller # (#4?) starting to eat at edge of clearing, make circuit of clearing. First followed by #. Male does a lot more basking. Investigated a depression with a hole in it where I looked, shortly withdrew into hole - suspect fairly large toad.
10:15 med toad as above - when I look closely to ascertain this he comes out a little from under the rock; sits there with his handout. Withdrews under rocks as I sit down 4 feet away.
Flig (#4) crossing open area; ate twice - seemed vegetarian.
10:30 large toad sitting 1" in sun in depression hole
11:00 large toad gone
med under rock (50-43.5 - thermometer)
and observe.
Sum little toad: 50 minutes in sun
med toad: 2 hrs, 10 min under little rock
big toad: ~ 1 hr in sun
Lizards - were not constantly in sight, but were never seen to enter holes. Coral area ~ 25 yds in diameter