Field notes, v4224
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Kevin, Sean 2004 Journal July 7 Tonight Lakes, Sequoia National Park, Tulare Co., CA (cont.) at the last spring where the GPS point was taken. We searched from 1-3:30PM and would have stayed longer except for a thunderstorm that hit the area. It hailed as we walked back to Fyndall Creek to our camp, and we saw a tornado on the edge of Jowry Point as we walked back. July 8 Fyndall Creek to Milly's Foot Pass, Sequoia NP, Tulare Co., CA Sean Schiville and I hiked from Fyndall Creek to Milly's Foot Pass on the Kings-Kern Divide via Lake South America. We collected insects and looked for Erema museosa in the basin - Sean found 1 lake with tadpoles but no adults. We flipped rocks on some granite seeps near the pass (36°41'08.7"N, 118°25'36.9"W (Gm) NAD 27, 3G5Gm) for about half an hour in the afternoon but found no salamanders. The habitat didn't look great - lots of vegetation and not much water. After dinner we hiked to the basin east of Mt. Jordan and looked for salamanders in a large seep and spring system with lots of streams and waterfalls over granite rock. We found four salamanders in half an hour (7:30-8PM). We then headed to the next drainage to the south to look at another large seep, but decided it would be too difficult to reach at night. The weather today was cool with hail around 4:30PM and nearly thunderstorms, and the evening was mild.