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Marshall, 1942
34.
General Asct
mt-Cacaguajos, Dept Morazan, El Salvador
Summary
The succession on north canyon walls
is definitely not the same as the arid
brush on south slope - has dense
glass, ferns, vines, bushes - resembles
the "humid brush" more.
Weather: 1st 2 weeks: clouds formed
or blew in from n-e almost every day. 2nd
2 wks clear most of time. Slight
rain only 1 night. Even temp.
comfortable, but always sweat when
walk, i.e. rather high rel. humid.
Generally balmy & dry expect in deep
canyon described above, altho dew seen
early in am. elsewhere.
Seasonal aspects of bird life: Only
pigeons & doves & the last ps. Otus
(thilopsis (a perhaps hummers) showed
gonads in breeding condition. A falling-off
of bird singing or display. Activities during
stay, 1st 2 wks all birds calling,
pigeons & doves cooing
in early mornings woodpeckers drumming
Hylocharis lencipts singing regularly.
"mucks"
crows calling at night
(But was moon then). 2nd 2 weeks
Hylocharis not singing regularly, Phloeastes
not drumming, not much heard in early
am. from pigeons & doves.
Apparently
then this is true winter & we are