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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