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- March 30/41 [1941]
Visited large pond in company with
Vic. Goddard, opposite his place on Haliburton
Rd. [road] just east of W. [west] Saanich Rd. [road].
Phyllopods abundant, freshly hatched
Tree toad [Hyla] tadpoles, diving beetles, ghost larvae [ghost shrimp],
red water mites. Back swimmers.
Pong fairly deep (2-3 ft [feet]?) with
thick growth of willows etc. in centre.
Size 50' [feet] diameter. Gastropods suggest
the pond is permanent, in part.
April 2 Visited Colquitz River but found it
too high and muddy after recent heavy
showers to see any sign of crayfish.
Heard Sky Lark just off Burnside Rd [road]
on this rd [road] along Colquitz to Garden City
Considerable water still in Garden City flats
and numbers of ducks present (Widgeon?)
Visited pond in old quarry near junction
of Wilkinson Rd [road] + W. [west] Saanich Rd [road] - Ghost larvae [ghost shrimp]
(pupae mostly) only, collected.
April 3 Backswimmers in exhibit jar laid eggs on
dead leaf, thus - [drawing of eggs on leaf]
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