Pearson - 1995 5 boxes. There is a junction box right at our sociabiis ridge. Some tuco sign still, also a bigger burrow maybe huron. Heavy traffic along the highway, Sunday afternoon, trucks, buses, and cars. Eileen's tuco area looks the same, the vegetation not at all spring-like. Actually, things look dry. November 6.-Bariloche. Minimum overnight 50. Sunny, breezy. November 7.- Bariloche. Michael Christie came by. He visited Paso Coihue (across the Lake, up above the highway to Villa Angostura, where Dolly Frey's little retreat is). Michael called it the Obrum place. He says there were signs of Ctenomys sociabilis there, and, he thinks, signs of Euneomys mordax. Also Chelemys, and within the forest, signs of a tuco (or Aconaemys). Went up to ECOTONO; Eddy was the only one there, Then up to Flueck's where Joanne was giving an English lesson. Sent their e-mail address to Ned Johnson. [Not sent some problem]. November 8.- Minimum overnight 45. Morning clear and sunny, not windy. Went to Puerto Blest on the 8:00 International launch. Sunny at Puerto Blest. Walked the road to El Abuelo looking for flowering bamboos. Only one! It was on the west side of the road only 5 m from the north end of the census. El Abuelo, the huge old coihue, broke off about 30 or 40 ft. up the trunk. Pieces of the top lying all around; some big pieces of hollow trunk. At two places along the road there were snowbanks in the trees and bamboo;I don't remember this from other years. The little museum/interpretive center is excellent. Talked at length with with Hector "Oso" Ferioli and his girl Maria Fernanda. He says that because of the cold winter many mice were coming into the houses at Lago Frias. Fifteen a day. Also, maybe the quila bloom farther down in Chile had something to do with it. He also had seen Pellarano's Condor a few weeks ago. It seemed to be in poor shape, but came right down and started to eat as soon as meat was offered. It ate 5 kilos of meat in 2? days. In the forest at the site of Clump D1, there were lots of Geoxus holes in the forest floor. Uncannily, in at east 8 of them, a single greenish bamboo leaf lay on the floor of the tunnel at the entrance. There were, of course, zillions of bamboo leaves on the ground, but the one in the tunnel mouth was usually