Journal 24 February 1972. Las Palmas, S. Chiapas, Mexico Rather late, we stayed. Town hospital, teacher & judge came to talk with us. Broader about town. We camped in football field. Large and small green parrots in trees. Saw several date high over area - foot flying, small. Big ones grunting around tent. Dogs came and barked from 50 ft. Tiny flies came thru netting and bit us. Warm night. Crocin crowed all night. (faint) (foot) 25 February 1972. An owl called grump grump grump, on calm. Many parakeets - 50+ in one tree. Orioles. Long-tailed metal jays. Down called. I heard say no cobita, tiger, or game here - but farther out. The people eat turtle, iguana, lizards, seafood, chicken, pig. Many chickens, some ducks, kept by people (+ pigs, dogs). Alligators very rare. I today in annual meeting of the cooperative, so no boats going until mid or late afternoon. Omar Veliz will take in to La Encrucijada for 7:5 p.m. He said that, about 4 days ago, Jose Hernandez V., owner of La Concepcion, was killed there by machete labourers. Another man, from that area, thought investigation now over so that we could visit the island. All thought this was tiger at La Concepcion, apparently a kind of wildlife sanctuary (or Tabito), near Encrucijada. In morning, gp 14 spoonbills in > flew away, & other grous. Occasional frigates, including one w/ red pouch. I about 2 p.m., left for La Encrucijada w/ Omar Veliz, in dugout w/ about 5 h.p. motor. Through wide mangrove passages. Saw some lovely area, apparently on a bar between breakers and mangrove estuary. Saw a ray loop high, splash back in. Saw asprey, occasional frigate bird. Herons. About 4 p.m. reached Kopeskolo - there a single couple,