Field notes, v1308
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Here, H. 1997 June 18 (continued) Hobo 8035] at Stream I, 950m. at ~1200 we are shocked to find the new pond has filled almost to the road, covering the former rock wall boundary by ~1 m, and inundating the grassy float where we previously laid tags etc. Thus we could not retrieve the data logger here. More photos of Polypedates leucomystax nests. After lunch everyone is in packing mode, and Natasha and Nikolai leave for Hanoi. Margorie is sick having had temp. of 103F and fainted early this AM. At dusk I go w/ Kelly in chest waders into newt pond, and at ~1930-2030h we catch 9 Sinoratrix triangulifera and miss ~6 others, including adults and various juvenile sizes. Most appear to have recently eaten, and all spin, twist, gill, and smell terrible when seized. Pond now dominated by singing and clasping Rana macronemis, but there are still scattered P. leucomystax and probably some Microhyla sp. (there are 3 species of microhylids in flooded fields across the road from the newt pond. My