Journal, v1583
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I.B.Rudh 1969 Journal 4 Feb ( illegible ) Tomales Bay to Petaluma. very near the door to their property. At dusk we got back into the car and began to drive towards Petaluma hoping to find a live toad on the road. The Tomales, Petaluma turnoff on Hwy 1 will be used for a reference point. The mileage there is 82.3. At 86.1, 87.8, 87.8, 88.1, 94.2, 94.2 dead toads were seen on the road. After this we saw perhaps another half dozen all flatheaded. At Two Rocks Army base we saw a live toad on the road but just as I was going to get it a car drove by and -- yep - squoosh! Ugh! We drove on into Petaluma for dinner and then out again to this Two Rocks Army base and even a few miles out the road to Novato but didn't find any live toads. In a field just south of the army base was a huge field that was flooded. There was an enormous chorus of the frogs here. I found it easiest to