Koford Journal 20 February 1972 Tikal, El Peten, Guatemala Took 7 a.m. bus to Tikal, arriving about 9 a.m. Two small & rather crude huts there; airstrip, museum, army post. No habitations along road from S. boundary of park. But 30-400 yds. toward Uoxcatun (sp.?), near a trocha road to north. Saw ruin, some still partly grown over with vegetation, largely Ficus. Bat droppings in temple rooms. In front saw owllets Peregrine in tree, turkeys on ground, large parrots, woodcreeper, branchbirds, lead toucan. Once saw possible ocelot (a fox) near game trail; again, an aguti near edge clearing. In evening, saw a tigranawa (Boucardi?) walking on leaves under forest. Heard Tigranawa call in eve. | In Temple de las Inscripciones, highest room (darkest), saw 1 bat, 4-3 in next next lower room (caught two for specimens). Camped near S. Acropolis. Many bats in early evening on trails. Started for 1/2 hr. at night w. light but saw no eyes shine. Heard no owls, caprimulgids. Dry night. 27 February 1972. Many morning bird calls. Walked trails, starting about 0630, but saw no mammals. In Esp. C. ruin, an exploratory ground-level tunnel entered straight in for 50'; contained 20-40 bats (collected 2, Carollei?, from ceiling, rough rock.) | Returned to airstrip for 0900 flight - cancelled; will go 3 p.m. Clean day; hot. In sports shop opposite museum, a margay (?) skin for sale. One American traveller said that from here, about 30 mi. E. of Flores, he saw a tiger skin hanging up near road. Aguada Tikal had green howa, jocans, anhangas, white egret, other water birds. | We walked to end airstrip, trying to follow trail or map in sides of Tikal, but grown over or absent. At edge of a small