Field notes, v1522
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9:30 a.m. 7 Bolomys; at 1 p.m. 5 Bolomys. Thotd [illegible] Carol saw a leopard on the llama trail but not on the area. Also a fox near the tent, at dusk put 17 steel traps and about 15 small and large skunks in rocky- covered place above camp; colossoma trees in dust. Carol found incubating caprimulgid; below freezing every night Only one darwinii in traps. On girl at 8 a.m.: 6 darwini and 7 Bolomys. Two of the darwinii were new- ones, one with medium length tail and dark, other short tail and pale. All the Bolomys tagged ones. Picked up traps at 1 p.m.: 3 unmarked Bolomys and 6 marked and 1 escaped [illegible] I retract former statement: Both Phyllotis and Bolomys use loose clumps of polylopsia - but they seem to prefer grass or cortex or something else mixed in. Temperatures under rocks out on floorpa near the largest rock at 6:30 a.m. (rock sometimes as big as rock and thermo- counter 2 inches in ground): 5° and 6°C. oct.17 Tarato oct.18 " oct.19 Drove up to Tarato Camp (14,700') for an hour where counted holes at certain stakes when mice was caught: A8-2, B1-2, B7-0, BH-2, C10-2, D11-2, E6-0, E8-0, F9-2, F13-3, G8-1, G12-2. Climbed up to the human nest; an adult flew from the cave mouth 11:15 am. of cave mouth which was still 25 yds away and ground near region and glowed at nearly. minutes and it did not re-enter. When I entered cave it appeared again outside. Could see anything in the 2 nests,