C Koford 1978 28 Journal 11 March 1978 Tucuru, Alta Verapaz, G. my garden 1.75' for 3 bed room. Over trees flowering gsp 1-4; saw uniform light gray in dusk. Sp? 30+ meters? rickly; glides north; wings prominent near body. Canidij & smaller black-tailed (Dicr? ) in town. food vigorous. Thrush notes in trees; new song fish for roarin & then up, in snow withers. 12 March 1978. Sunday. We had heard of Domingo Torres newly from Chojil, on road N. of Tucuru'. Left gov in town & walked about 2 hrs downroad to side road to Favia Dos Esperanza. Olibon, huge logwood tree (Epiblema?), along road. Fort ruins, 5-10 m. circle stands apart F. San Francisco; coffee bushes in flower & a beneficio. Parry road up, saw new 6 propeller, about 40 nests in an large sycamore (platan?). Saw Catoploza niter. Saw large Monstera in either (?) the dry road. Brown Aqueledendro: Brown jays noisy. Saw 3 swallow-tailed kite in air over steep slope. Aspected food snake in road banks, only about 2000'. Cestrum aurifume. Sp? of gallinule in orange flower. Up about 2 hrs. slow hike up, to about 2700', came to Favia Esperanza hedquater; garden, leichloma, flowers, burning tinder. Talked w. administrador - Herrera (sp?). Seemed friendly & hospitable to return visit. Planted Eucalyptus; some offuzzly red flowered bird: Tapjaws E. had about 6 Vistonia gabelula, ♂ & ♀ in Pterogyn sulphurea in garden. Many Pterogyna flying about, noisily, Amazilia - Rufescent-tail, red bill w. black tip. First line about 200' vertically above, to S W. Citrus fruits + coffee bushes (in flower). Istemum mesomeloides. A large jay w. black head (Aralopha m.?). Aspected wood thrush in citrus orchard intertw with (round distinct breast spot; white eye ring).