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ELKadatum
1955
Bufo canorus
Oct. 22 charged with what looks or openings among roots.
are those permanent winter retreats for young? If so,
why shouldn't adults hibernate in similar places?
Anderson, Heinsohn, and I continued a fairly thorough
search from area 40 yards N of tree X up the draw
in a SW direction. A few worm casts but digging
revealed either no burrow ad/or no toads.
The
surface water is frozen on the SE side of the rimlet
especially at edge of depressions (cinks) which are slotted
due to a N-firing effusion. Subsurface moisture is
available in this area (much resulting from crows
of this past weeks).
Burns and the 3 of us spent 1 1/2 hours
following out what proved to be a blind lead. At
about old station