Field notes, v1383
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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