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E.L.Kadation
1954
Buffy conurus (38)
July 10 150 yds. E Tioga Base Ranger Station, 9900 ft.
woro Co., Calif. Adult moles active. One in open grass 2-8" tall ad scattered. Shallow drying rivulet bed. Muddy area with standing pools.
clover temp. 28.2° C. at 3:44 P.M. (D.S.) Ori temp. (bulls shodded) 1" above wet ground 19.5° C.
Tods in shallow ditch with silty bottom, <1" deep; temp of water 28.50 C. We find where I observed eggs & tods 3 weeks ago is now at most 4" deep in middle though about the same the same area.
Toda were spread over yard then before. Single toder, water temp. 31.4° C. at point where toda swimming in 1½" water. Silty bottom. Cross 10-12" above water surface. Some juvenile tods collected here. No calling of adult moles, very wiridy up on knolls but quite still in lower meadow areas. Mosquitoes thick and ferocious ad we without my 6-12.
Some lucidities. Brief evening check 8:30-9:00 P.M. no adult or<> calling but scattered mole Taylor chirps. Breeding of conurus seems to be through at this time. The water level of large pools remains about the same but shallow runoffs ad pools are dry or about ½ reduced in flow. My [illegible] thermeter found broken in its case due to some joining of it, so no temperature records this evening. Cool, in 50's by 9:00 P.M.