Field notes, v580
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29 19, 1960 Squaw [illegible], Squaw Vally, B200 ft, Hacerca, Colt and along a horse path perched on a species of white mint, I found another. I don't believe I breathed until I netted it, as the wind was really battering it around. It was a perfect ♀. Then I went the other way along the trail and in a open space where more of the same mint grew, I got four more frits, including a good male. I saw one other here. I decided to go up the slope, but failed to find any thing. I went back, and at a seepage where I had seen nothing before, I frightened a perfect frit (species uncertain), but couldn't get it. I got a Hyly and a few skippers here and saw some lycaenids and crescents. After seeing there was nothing else at this area I went back to the spot where I got the first two frits, but got nothing. I saw several brownish dragonflies in the pine trees but only got one, a ♀ Sympetrum. I went back to the creek and worked back to the house. Still no herptiles, but I got a couple more ♀Sympetrum and a ♂ gomphid dragonfid. The only thing that really gave me trouble today were the purplish coppers, which look a lot like small satyrs when they fly. I saw no females. Got back about 2:30 P.M. Every one got home from the Five Lakes about 4 P.M. They were quite tired, as they got lost coming back, but they did get two fish. Tony said they saw lots of Runs and found a pool with dark tadpoles in it (he didn't think they were the same as the ones we got before). He also said there were lots of frits on KI-22 near the top. I think I should have gone with them. The ski lift costs