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1969
Myruel + boy set potraps in pm and we all slept right to
the area overnight. Jack lighted for spiders between 7 and 9 pm
with following results :
square #
spiders other Tillandsia
per square
A11-B12 0 - 15
F11-G12 4 - 13
G11-H12 11 - 154
H7-I8 17 - -
G7-H8 15 - 1100
J9-K10 13 - 783
J4-K5 15 - 248
I2-J3 13 - 362
no geckos. Evening fairly warm, not windy.
July 19 Temp. at dawn 16°. Numerous mosquitoes about 5-6 a.m.
Heard barn owl twice during night, saw one bat at dawn, a
hoodedlark hawk flew over at dawn, Carol saw some
Pecho Chivores land on our hill at dawn, and saw flocks
of doves fly over twice. Roy scared up what may have been a
Burhuma in the dry wash while setting traps in pm.
Took a few more insect samples in AM, then visited
ruins of Poobecano.
Two sets of soil droppings from near the study grid :
1) small bird feathers, mouse hair, mouse bones
2) small bird, mouse hair, phyllotis of 2 ages, mice, a few insects.
Anta has been doing some owl pellets from east of San
Bartolo (Cruz de Tresoz). In one pellet she found 23 scorpions
and 4 geckos. The other pellets are loaded with scorpions also.