Journal 1 March 1978 No Chilas co, Dpt. Baja Verapaz, Guateem. red-brown caps, black mask (white dots faded?), white throat. / Found a fine mouse in room; put again in ETOH; ESJ = 84 skin & sk. / EJ caught some treeparner, saw andrei. / Breeze today, day. 1300, ES + Rodolfo drove to Colon. I put up second net, on lonely slope edge front, set 13 traps [took big mouse] type (+ES, our not type). Nits took 2 "opened" cage birds, sent alive. / Vidal brought in a 6' green tree snake, tied to end of 10' pole (much caution as it wound a few + scaled it.) / Moved first net to open road at edge brush, where had seen; later [no catch] & caprimulgids. Clear colon night. / Also noted humming 1630; 8?; [bird w. 20mm white line behind eye & slightly curved] black bill; brown chin/smiler, purple gorget (brown edged feathers), booty look round eyes on face, pink feet, black tails w. gray tips outer rectrices, grey belly & eminium; both wing coverts gray; rumpie blue); saw Aulacorynchus - 1. Acorn woodpecker - 1 to 3 seen near twin a road 1/4 mi. N. of house. / ES + Rodolfo returned. 2 March 1978. Troops held 1 rat (EJ capt., CK = 4621); note 0.0700-0800, heard small Trogomelanium (call all day), robinia (bird?), Empid. fulvipes, swifts (small, gray below, lightest on sides face; 5+) over forest slopes. F 12 at 0630; light breeze, felt dry. / Yesterday morning, 2 hawks, Buteo-size, were atop dead branches & 50' W. of house. / Set lower net on ridge road in front, edge road clearing. But put 8 traps (ESJ sent 6) in opened forest. / The = furarid? refuse bird from road bank hole apparently gone. / Andrei & Andreu arrived in evening; offered use of ranch house to our group. / Hot Net took Wilson's warbler. 3 March 1978. Mod. wind; clear day. 2 nits held 1 Empidus flaviventris. Troops held one rat (like 4619, CK) & 1 Panquethus (EJN/coll.; CK 4623). Saw one swallow-tailed kite over town. Erik saw quetzals. He drew blood 2 birds, taken yesterday, & I put skin them. Released Empidus flaviventris from net (too soon). K Walked in forested hills to E. where logging negels. EJ photos often pulling logs. I saw a dendrocolaptes breeding nestwork; med. size, streaked throat on