Field notes, v501
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June 28 Valencia Lagoon, Rio del Mar, Santa Cruz Co, Calif. lights until about 9:45 . Not total of 8 juveniles. Then drove back to Valencia for a check but were unable to connect with Anloystoma here. It may be that the earlier [illegible] start of breeding at Ellicott is responsible for this getting animals there & not at Valencia. However pond has shrunk proportionally faster at Valencia than Ellicott & I would expect metamorphosis here too! But larvae are not to be found at Ellicott any longer - by methods employed up to now while they can be taken at Valencia - but are for a few between. Left for home at about 10:30 & arrived in Berkeley at about 12:45 am. Traffic was heavy - due probably to micrweather & the Miss California contest at Santa Cruz.