Field notes, v1307
Page 177
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Greene, H. 1990 October 30 (photos) into which she disappeared when I approached (continued) to ≈2m. Digging I found a [illegible] split in the bunnw ≈2an in; one branch went up slope ≈25cm and ended, the other down ≈20 cm- to an exit hole hidden in grass through which I suppose she escaped. Both arms of the bunow were shallow, < 3 cm under the surface. Walking back at 1200h I found a sheet mass of frog eggs w/ capsules ≈8 mm and black eggs ≈1mm; one egg thick, and including ≥75 eggs and coreig ≈20 X 8cm in an irregular sheet - Bob says maybe Ptychoadena. This morning Jens found two more Atolpus nests under golfclity roots flakes ≈1/5m above the road coming into the field station. Near "Site 3" faced S and had 19 "old"eggs - infused fawt dirt and small roots. "Site 4" faced SE and had 45 "old" eggs, 1 "old" egg w/ a dead "near term" embryo, and 16 new "fresh" eggs in 4 adherent groups of 4 each. Jens found the fresh eggs together in a mass ≈12.5 cm wide and 22.5 cm high. Measurements of the fresh eggs are: 15.6 X7.9, 15.5, 15.4, 15.7; 15.2, 15.1, 15.1, 15.6; 15.6, 15.6, 14.6, 14.7; and 18.2, 18.2, 18.1, 17.3 mm - overall impression is of uniformity w/in clutches and disparity among them in size, suggesting deposition over a period of days or even weeks. After lunch Jens and I went down the steep trail behind Jen and Tom's house, thence by road back around in a circle up to the station by road. Stopped on the way down the steep trail to climb a few feet up a tree covered w/ bright green moss, hoping for Athene. At 1536h,