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C. Koford
33
Journal
November 3, 1965.
Kibale Forest, Toro, Uganda
10/10
Clear morning; alt. status by noon. Good survey of mangays.
November 4, 1965. Sunny after fog lifted. Good survey morning. Located
"drink tail," now w. infant in gps. (C. abyssinicus). Drive to 5.8+ return;
now logging to E. there. Walked tractor path to W. from 3.8 + saw
no monkeys in 1/2 mile midday. Saw C. d'hesti again. Forest
Mgt.- talk w/ B. Kengeter. Cut near Bridgtons about 1959. About 6
(again 10 yrs. later?)
yrs. after do strip count main comm'l species (4%?) + use to judge
treatment (felling, go thinning, girdling, poisoning). Shot live trees like
Trees not poisoned. Poison by spray on bark, girdle + spray, remove
12" bark, etc., depending on sp.; 2 + D + 24, 5 T. (Changes Cutting now
about
(now more sp., even not hewn with cut.)
sewed 22 trees/acre; goal is 40. Formerly cut less. Present
cut about 1/2 of standing tree (of coffee size). K. things will result
in even aged closed forest of the 15 valuable sp., somet. all on
single area, but prob. 1 or 2 (Neotoma & Fagaropsis?) mostly.
K. said V. Reynolds published that forest dept. poisoning cheese
(food?) trees, but K. says V.R. did most studies in heavily
poisoned area. / humming flock of 200 n + storks (Cicmia nigra ?)
roosted to S. over road, 1000 +/- up. white bellies; red legs extends beyond
tip tail (black rectrices). Nov. 2 + today saw 2 birds in swamp
by O.B.W. Brown; iridesce green on dorsal folded wings; red area top
blue bill; near white line along join or skull.
Error Date
1 day
shed
Nov. 5+6 - see Monkey Census sheet; when entered by mistake.
p. 6
87" rain midday.
November 6, 1965. Saturday. Walked along Numa Block forest road
for 1 hr., to area damaged eucalyptus, Photosed, + returned. Saw
C. alps, C. boduie, redtail, blue, mangalay in Numa block; last stripped
bark. Good monkey food trail but many biting flies. Rain 12-600.
Evening census banmilled food.