are the only real greenery on the study area and around the campsite. The bushes up near the top of the ridge appear to be green and the rows of cucumber vines are green up near the top of the ridge but not down low. Hunted regards for Sarah both around camp and down at the ocean. Both species abundant. The Trifidum [illegible] around camp were wild about watermelon, and ate the pulp, apple seeds and dry. Many turkey vultures, a few condors up on the cliff, several (5 or more) burring ours cavorting around camp. 13 condors on cliff at dusk. saw 1 never, 1 other small bird. On the sandy desert there are numerous still-green clumps of grass, but all the annual beds are dried up. Never more than 5 miles from tracks - jaguar or cougar or both. Anita scared up some mice around a huge hole in the sandy part, and we caught 4 of them (P. darwinii). On our cobbled grid area the only green is Sericidion, with a few of them flowering. All the herbs and grass dry. Just before dark I put out 26 small shrews baited with whole corn on the old study grid among the cobbles. Dave Bradford put out a line of 12 traps mostly below the road. Anita put out 20 large shrews, [by shrews?] night clear, lots of stars. [illegible] Moon half full, set about midnight. Shortly after midnight Anita became aware of mice running around our