Nov. 15 Tarata. Benson put 10 large stermans and 14 small folding sternums out at the Agrofecurria chacra late yesterday afternoon. This morning he had 2 cakedon bolinensis and 12 Pth. magister. nine out of 10 large stermans contained mice; the tenth was fled out in an acequia. Day mostly sunny. Nov. 16 Morning clear, no clouds. Ali's jeans soaking in water in patio had ice on them, but none on water trough. a collection of several dozen scats + pellets of fox + burrowing owl collected at Mono Sama contained, roughly in sequence of importance, Phyllotis, scorpion, Marivosa, large bird, large crustacean, mice, cakedon?, beetles + other arthropods, small bird, lizard. One rat- sized femur. Nov. 17 Tarata. Some cream? Nov. 18 Mostly clear. Drew up to acequias canals at 8 am and counted plants and hideholder. Sunny; still completely dry, no sign of rain. Saw 4 striped lizards during 3 or 4 hours on the area. The analysis of plant species revealed an enormous number of species, especially 1 small capsule-leaving plants. A bright, knowledgeable shepherd who came past looking for a lost sheep said that he was 55 yrs old and that the abandoned terraces near and above the grid had never been used in his lif- time and that there were no abandoned acequias to water them. Here, he concluded, it used to rain more. He referred with a sweep of his arm to all the uncultivated land and refused to admit that the lack of grass (which he lamented) was due to overgrazing or back at 4 pm. Saw no hummingbirds. The big trumpet bushes are almost through flowering; many of the seed pods on them contain grubs.