Field notes, v1521
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1969 lilies coming up through stone rubble. Lots of 4-foot columnar non-fluted cactus, sourrel, and other green herbaceous plants. Heard numerous birds. Saw no mouse droppings. In several places, hundreds of tiny di-cot seedlings were coming up. Ablembled during afternoon, than at 4:30 drove to the Tillandsia south of Chilea (Speedometer read 7.6 miles south, topa sheet looks like >8 miles, call it 8 miles SE Chilea, 150 ft. Carol, Miguel & they set about 107 themones, and Antonia I set about 25 large themones, about half of them along the road and half in pure Tillandsia. Foggy all day, or cloudy, occasionally drizzle. One cute low plant seen was small green like a diminutive miner's lettuce with globes of water sitting on top of each leaf. Seemed to be increased surface tension so that the glob of water was unusually tenuous. picture slightly exaggerated. July 2 Lots of garras during night and early morning. Rout traps at 7 a.m., nothing along the highway where all the tracks were, up in the Tillandsia found 4 mus and 1 Pth. browni. Released all. The mus made no tracks when running away. It's about a half mile to the nearest agriculture (cotton etc.). Numerous foot tracks, some for disturbance to some traps. The only Phyllotus was on the very top of a hill under a