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Journal
24 April 1978.
[Rio Polochic area] Guate.
Finca La Esperanza, Dona Anita Veras de
10'abst ground in meadow on hillside. Warm humid day w. little breeze. We
prepar'd to break camp. Orla & Bill took one salmon each for morning. I left
departed about 2 p.m. & slowly descended to Polochic bottom. About 2 km's,
Orla collected some food from tributary. On down rolling level w. being
fencer, we found large Culex a leguminosae. Hot & muggy. LaTruta lilted it
dirty. Teleman clean getting ready for a fiesta. Shopped for food. Drone
3, over narrow suspension bridge & narrow log bridge, to Finca Containia,
when talked w. Hugo Broze. Some away now. He gave permission to camp near
down & me bottom. He had been here 25 years. Family many persons
now now. We camped on grass near house. Not & muggy, but no rain. Broze
said rain usually starts 24 April?
25 April 1978. Warm & muggy. A rivulet crossing building crosses from
River, & a muddy pond w. reeds & ducks. 1/4 mile to N.E. Stream from S. very
low now. I walked tride to S. of house for 2 hrs. w. Sue & Merida. We
saw about 5 Titipa,
Campephilus (zonotus)
(Trichas)
large captive war in tree. Yellow throat, F in tel
(roths's bolly & thrys as)
do grass. Volatinia jay too; large & small black-colored swifts, both throat
gunwalle, Aramapoa spernus, 2 Pantera flew over house, goose
killed ani (front edges), Centurus (aniiform?-two, & digging tree hole),
Nystidromus. (nest w. 2 down young in trail, adult distort bird display;
white bar across wing 1/3 from tips, & Common egret near pond,
bout.t.grabber. Pigeon cells - single above nest. Cich group saw
Tree ducks - 2 on pond.
toressa, Citrinia troger, wood creepers. I heard apparent Crystallines
turnmore call twice. Apparent Basilium seen briefly round tennis
or ground in brush. We saw round large & small toads near road
when arriving last night. Page put up mist net by Telegia pool; I
put out log small stream. About 30 snap traps set, 10 by me, how 2-1/4 ft
ty Basilium on log near stream. About 6 p.m., setting traps in hills to