Apr 16! on the Pias Pias road (horse race track). New, Berberis, dwarf pine only a couple of feet tall, stars, redol, laurel, colletta, acacia glauca, may 17 rain during the night, beginning before 10 p.m. Rose traps at 9 a.m. in a cold rain mixed with snow; almost every trap sprung by rain or mouse - 13 mice. Since it doesn't get dark until 7 pm and the rain started shortly thereafter, there must be a dense mouse population; 5 Elgualenta, 4 Oryzomys, and 4 Abelodon chroceus? (all small ones, nose + feet not colored like pantherinus. I don't think we have caught Elgiva this far west before. It is interesting to get Elgiva & chroceus together. There were 39 traps, not no Abelodon longipilis. Slept Sunday. Off on roads, sun, rain. conference with Christie in evening. Met Patricia, a tour guide whose boyfriend is administrator of Estancia Fortun Chocalva (country a couple hours from Denver). may 18 morning overcast. Drove up Cerro Otto in morning and took photos. Almost 10 inches of snow on the open flat rifle range. The snow has fallen off of the bamboo, leaving rough heaps under the clumps. Foot, hare, and mouse tracks in the snow, Yellow jackals working on skulls on balcony at noon. Completely cloudy, air temp 8.6°C. May 19 left at 10 am for Condo. Cloudy all the way and drizzle most of the way. Saw about 10 sparrow hawks en route; only 1 squabbed here; a couple of aquilaceus,