Aug 16, 1960 Squaw Meadows, Squaw Valley, Placer Co., Calif. horse crossing over Squaw Creek. As I had seen not a thing there before, I was dubious about this report. Anyway, Tony and I finally went down to the creek to investigate. After we had found the spot, it seemed that nothing would be there. then Tony jumped on the gravel and out popped the frog, a Rana muscosa. Then he jumped on another patch of gravel while we were looking for more and scared a small Bufo into the creek. With this success we decided to work along the creek. We first went east (up stream) about a quarter of a mile. Tony found a Hyla in a pile of wood and then I spied a Thamnophis swimming in the creek. In an effort to corner it, Tony frightened another Rana. we got both the snake and the frog. I saw one (1) tadpole in a wide area of the creek, but couldn't get it. In a stretch of gravelly ground I scared another Rana, which Tony caught. Then we decided to go back the other way, but we saw nothing else, and got home in time for dinner. (6 P.M.). We finally got a reptile! It's been a pretty good day so far. I'm going to get a flashlight and see if we can get some more Bufos at night. I still wish I had a thermometer. I did note a few Aeschnus and Anax flying over the creek. I went out alone this evening with a flashligh ($1.50 with batteries) looking for toads in the area we collected in before. Not a thing, but I did scare some birds. It got fairly cool. It was clear, warm, but windy today. There were a few scattered clouds and it cooled off rapidly at night (lowest August ever in Reno - 36°F)