Carol Perna 1969 Journal 14 July Hummingbird feeder in the tree. Something has emptied the feeder once, after about a week. There are Amazilia amazilia. A dead dog on the road in Chilean had attracted about 20 black vultures. 15 July To study plot on a very cool, somewhat damp, + of course foggy morning. Did one K/M can sample, + then set out a plot to sample lge (relatively) arthropods on. The plot was a circle of radius 12 ft. on sandy soil with large + small Tillandsia mats. We roughly measured the area covered by mats by assigning geometrical shapes to the mats + measuring the crucial dimensions, occasionally approximating by figuring a plant here would account for a hole there. The search procedure: spread white canvas, shake plants over it, eyeball on canvas + on sand left behind for anything larger than would pass through fine screen (kitchen sieve). We had 4 or 5 people searching. Did part of the area, then another K/M can sample. Returned 2:30 ish and did some more lge arth. search. Found small beetles + a caterpillar. Collected everything found under a mat + picked separately Late afternoon walked on north end/Puertos Viejo beach. Lots of rat? tracks, esp. along cliffs. Crab tracks at the upper edge of the beach go for as far as you can see up stopping. 2 poppoise shells. Lots of dead gray gulls, some dead pelicans, comorants, boobies. Lots of live graygulls (200), Belcher's gulls (3- two