Field notes, v1411
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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