Field notes, v1521
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clear for some of the time and cloudy some, modern. Saw a tucan at about 6 p.m. digging 15 feet from the big tent. He ventured as much as 2 feet from his hole, swept with his hid feel etc. Sawe singing by others: very slow and dull sounding. Oct-30 The 36 traps caught nothing. Museum speckles set by others in a contadera "marsh" caught nothing. Set 5 two traps 1 low, west where the dunes meet dark heavy soil. Could find no tucans in the dark soil, but a few in slightly lessional soil. cought 4. Saw another tucan digging at 7 a.m. near our tent, behavior as before; color speckled: rump, back (near), equal white, red shoulder and locke brown. Carol saw a lot and I saw one, both in A.M. Surveyed area: 180x180 m., Anita put out a handful of museum speckles and caught 2 Cryptsterne before dark, with a total of ±30 overnight she caught 2 more abalon. all afternoon and early evening very windy with a few sprinkles, wind surely > 30 in/h. and old. Set 53 Sherman in Cueva Abrujada and in the biggest lurtest Cueva in the SE corner. Oct-31 1 Calonpe in Cueva Abrujada (Med) tagged 1559 od J, 1 Gryz. in big Cueva & 1560 o, and 1 q abalon again even 15 61 in big Cueva. Martha add trapset tucans on the area all morning (36 sets of diggings marked, but only half of them today's. Sunny and windy. Checked live traps at 4 p.m. and had the