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E.L Karlstam
1954
Bufo canorus (45)
Aug. 2 Tioga Pass, 9920 ft., Inyo Co., Calif.
3-4 times in 2 minutes. #7 plus-x a close-up of shallow run-off where Bufo tode present. Degoll (max.) 1" deep. F10 at 1'/sott. #8 a shot of lake 300 yards E of Ranger Station. Lake 30 yards wide, 6" to 2' deep at edges but about 5 feet deep middle. Seepage flow into it, water clear.
Dully bottom. 2:05 P.M. Adult male toad saw from edge to the bottom of the pool 4' from edge. Depth 2' here. It curiously assumed an upright position, legs on bottom, forelimbs spread apart and remained so for 2 minutes. Then it returned again to the banks and remained at water surface, head 1/2 out of water. Water level in lake but no signs of canorus toads. 15yen toads at shallow margin of lake. Emerged Bufo toads in seepage flow over E side of it. Few toads still on < 1" deep seepage water.
The overall picture of the meadow is similar to that noted 3 weeks previous. The grasses and sedges are to 16" height. Meadow flowers now in bloom are mountain asters and daisies, whirled perstoma, low (to 3") monkey flowers, few shooting stars, buttercups, bratweed. The swung onion is in full bloom in clumps along the rivulets, to 2' height. Clumps of dwarf willow to 6' height on N facing slope of draw. Cathine duging up. Only very small sewer patches noted on n-facing slopes of Dana