D. Anderson 1956 Journal 23 July 17 Valencia Lagoor, Rio del Mar, Santa Cruz Co., Calif. Left Berkeley 8 am (DST), drove our Bay bridge & S via Bayshore Freeway, Rt 9 & 17 to Santa Cruz. Thereon Rt 1 to Rio del Mar. Pond area now completely dried up. Soil only slightly moist where last remnants of pond had stood. Checked boards, veget- ation mats etc for salamanders but found none. Talked to Enid Mullin, real estate agent, about developments in Rio del Mar. She said that the entire area would lie developed for housing eventually but there would probably be little change in the next few years. She also spoke of building in the pond area for housing but said that the state still owned the property & nothing would be done for a number of years. 12:30 pm - drove to Cox Corralito to check ponds but found that all ponds had been drained & are now's cultivated. Saty drove to the pond S of Ja Delva Beach. The pond this was heavily grown over with Eleocharis but there was still quite a bit of water present. Depths up to 20". Worked with the dip net for 3/4 hour with no luck. Found only H. regilla larvae - shortly close to transformation. Many large Rana aurora tadpoles present also. Next checked the stand of willows S of pond. Got 2 A. m ewcomi much to my surprise. Expected A. tigrinum to be in here, especially since one year found DBR in vicinity last spring. This year looking into. Left here at 2 pm & drove thru Santa Cruz to Scotts Valley in S.C. meting wader small pond then with no luck. Drove home from here. Got back at 4:45 pm.