Field notes, v1409
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20 Journal 26 August 1969 Heda Tadi's, Dpt. Cajamarca, Peru My traps held 2 dryzamps (spess). Nothing in 2 steel sets, a nets. Took all up. Shot a ringbird in tree-planted area forest. Rain starts about 9 a.m., & rain lightly below lighted heavily on and off during day; no clearing in morning. Fog from 1000 to 4pm rose & engulfed us. Took in all gear & departed about 1500, up the mountain. Road switchbacked up through cloud forest & patches cleared ground, w. rare houses. 6-7 miles close camp, side road to a school, a local told us we were still in Heda Tadi's (Cajeno area), hilled in plane work). He also said wont rain January to May, dries in June. He said road goes on about 2 hours to Cruzalmy, when turn off to Chepeu. Road never are way; increasingly muddy as rain continued. We were almost stuck several times. Humid forest continued, though more cleared areas, grassy, & more houses (stick & thatch; sheep roaming). About dark we stopped in road to camp & let road dry out; stopped raining about then. Many good bird hunting sites along this route, & traffic almost nil (car a horse). Camped at about 9000' above, about 17 mi. from previous camps. /At one point on route, a miniature unit straight into rock about 100'; saw no bolt or guano therein. /But net at road made rosetch, tho I saw at least 2. /No rain at night; cleared. 27 August 1964. We parked in in mud, with some help from locals; road still muddy from yesterday's rains but sunny morning. Two boys came by us, string of 14 rainbow trout, 8-10" long, which we bought at 1 sol each (33 1/2 for all 14). Road improved somewhat; about 2 1/2 mi. miles beyond camp, a road took off to R., toward San Miguel. It was grass covered, w. no significant travel, so we took road to h, which had trout & food marks. This discovered in switchback, about 2 mi. to the Rio Grande, where joined by the Cascavilla (stream). Perhaps 50 people living in area, tending long-horned sheep. A mini said to be an hour further along the road. Trout in stream and two small lagoons thereon. We had mined road to San Miguel &d