Field notes, v580
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Aug 14, 1960 Rana muscosa general aspect of the pond was quite a bit more riparian than the other stream sites due to a heavy growth of grass, low alders, and buttercups along the border of the pool. There was a tangle of dead sticks at the shallow end of the pond. The bottom was silty, broken by a few granite rocks. The frogs seemed unorganized, and had no real shelter. The second may have moved up from the stick tangle, and Tony and I were positioned to cut it off. We got the largest frogs at lower elevations in the creek, but did not check so carefully above 6200 ft. # 11-22 - Aug. 14, 1960 - Rana, Hyla and tads were taken in a pool in a meadow about 6900 ft. The meadow was damp, grassy, with small alder at one (south) end, and with a dry, scrubby growth on all sides except the south, which was dry pine forest. It was exposed to the sun most of the day. The grass in the meadow tended to be clumpy. A small trickle of water (from a spring?) ran diagonally eastward across the meadow. The pool was 4 x 6 feet, 8 inches deep, about 2 feet from the trickle, stagnant, with cool, clear water. The bottom was covered with a greenish grass. The Rana was the only large frog seen. It was resting on the grass, where, although it stood out, it was not noticed for some while. It was about the color of the mud on the bottom. It made no attempt to leave the water when collected, and remained still