Journal 16 October 1971 To Texpan, Nayarit, Mexico un apples. Walked on W.-columnar cliffs, water trekkers, moss, flowers, woodpeckers, turkey vulteros, hummingbirds, lute solidavacot - to La Fregueta. Man offered ride - so continued on down with him to La Union. There hopped bus to Penitas, the junction to Texpan, arriving about 7:30 p.m. Equinops was barking. shrimp - freezing term. Bus to Texpan (up $1.50 peso), & ruminators down, moderate term, with a fur-newish border. Went to La America hotel blocks from NE corner of plazas ($25 pesos, w. both for 2). 17 October 1971. To Santa Cruz, Nayarit Can go across river to San Vicente by canoe; also down by boat to Mescaltitan, from S.V. Boat to Mescaltitan leaves 6:00. We took 6:40 bus to Penitas, walked N. to Mescaltitan road (38 km. tom.) - walked W on road. Soon picked up by truck, w. 3 men from shrimp coop (Jose Perez Medina, Ramon Atunola, and Francisco Crozg Vazquez (20+yr student). Truck Truck took us to Santa Cruz, & on to Playa Colados. New road since a year ago; turn; off to Mescaltitan (9 km.). Pool at first on solid ground thru clumps mesquite, cultivated fields (peppers, beans, mangoes). saw occasional gpr. quail on road. Sawed large green spiders equinor. Caracans, owls, fish craves, black-necked stilts in ponds, snowy egrets. Then into area mangroves, lagoons, water lilies; jacanas, American egrets, common grous, green herons, great blue herons, Louisiana (?) herons, zat breeds of terns. Fine looking country. Large flycatcher w. yellow belly, brown body, black head, large white eye stripe. Fresh tips of reeds and mangrove stilts. Men fish-