Field notes, v1518
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P. PEARSON 1952 45 March 2 Morning overcast early, noisy, but later sunny. Two turacos mating rest + others. Kiporde called at 3 p.m. after noted sent them a note of the food materials. Evening clear. March 3 Mostly sunny in morning, but rising after about 3 p.m., turning to storm. Watched turacos. Put about 20 ms. in grass plus little torte daily streamed. Quite a few nestmgs - eggs dropping. March 4 Scattered heavy snow on grass in a.m. Temp at 5:45 30°. Morning mostly sunny, rain-snow in midst of terrain. Turacos held. Nestmgs + 1 abortion bolivia. Watched turacos and looked for nests March 5 Turpos held. 1 abortion boliviana, 1 Chloroscyz, 1 Hesperomyx. Temp at 4:45 49° - thundery cloudy. Watched turacos, then at suppertime drove up to Kiporde to get our laids back.. Picked up traps line. Had in late afternoon. Shot short cat. March 6 Morning first clear (temp. 30°), then foggy for about 2 hours, then sunny again. Rain - hail in afternoon, evening clear. 39° at 6 p.m. Bode goodly to the 2 gringo tourists, then watched turacos until 4 p.m., then cloudy till 7 p.m. March 7 Sunny all day, scattered clouds. Temp: 6:10 a.m. 26°, 10:30 a.m. 52°; 5 p.m. 8°c; 9:30p.m. 38°clear. It came seen only 1 minuter at this camp, and so for no sign of fiver or deer. Butterflies + grasshoppers fairly abundant, some lizards, lots of toads, especially some tiny ones. Watched turacos all day. March 8 Morning clear + sunny. Temp. at 3 p.m. 62°, felt hot, but in shade etc. Carl came down in a.m. to see turacos etc. Clouded over & misty at 3:45; night clear.