Carl Pearson 1969 Journal 14 July + dead parts, + shake vigorously over newspaper; quickly pour through fine screen into pans (2); search with eyeballs through sand in pans and stuff left on screen. This turned up stuff, but not all plants brought the sand below them with them. Afternoon technique: shake a plant-mat in place, lift quickly, drop KIM can (12.7 cm diam) upside down + push in about 1/2", slide something (like notebook cover) under can, pick it up, dump in bucket, pour small portions in pans to search with eyeballs. We tested to see if bichos got squashed or lost when poured with sand by catching live collembolos, mites, insect A, spiders, putting them live in the bucket, dumping in some sand, + searching in pans. We found them again. The KIM can method seems to work, just doesn't catch much because of small area covered. We found a baby gecko under a Tillandsia; he was about 2" long, + a small white, fragile eggshell was under the same mat. We found 3 other such egg remains during the day. Also found 2 large scorpions in the > flowers like grew course of the day. A large weevil w snout sunk into a shoot of Tillandsia. In Papa Leon I watched a hummer sit in the (1:10pm-1:50pm) fig tree out back for 40 min without changing perch. He turned his head from side to side jerkily about 2x/sec. The whole time. Two other hummers were in the tree at various times during this 40 min. When he left, he zoomed off among the Casuarina, catching insects 3, ignoring the