Pearson - 1996 15 only flowering clump seen anywhere. Anita found an old aluminum tag B2 on the ground and an old swooden stake from our grid markers. Crossing the river was exciting, and the road in was probably not navigable without 4-wheel drive. A few tabanos. Peter and Duncan hiked up to the Refugio. Temperature in Bariloche was a record 24.7, and in Viedma 39. Home to Bariloche at 8 p.m. 26 Noveember - Bariloche max-min at our apartment had been 45-79. Helped CJ find a new rubber seal for the back door of his van. Drove out to the Condor cliffs at Laguna de los Juncos. Peter and Duncan climbed up to the very top of the rock spires, approaching from the west along the ridge. 15 condors circled overhead, perhaps disturbed by Peter and Duncan. Carol and CJ walked up to the base of the cliff. Anita and I studied the perfectly preserved old railroad station, Perito Moreno, and waited to photo the train due at 3:15, but it never came, of course. No rabbits squashed on the road. 27 November - Went up the gondola at Cerro Catedral with the Ralphs. Almost no snow. Saw several condors, very few if any Euneomys droppings. Sunny, warm, clear. 28 November - Cloudy, a few sprinkles. Jim Mills has arrived in El Bolson to look over the Hanta virus situation. Liz Barnosky came by. She is ecstatic about the small mammal deposits that she is finding on the Jones ranch. You go through the upper Fortin Chacabuco to get to the cave on the Jones ranch. Thousands of mouse jaws. Gave a talk at Club Andino on mice of the region. They were especially interested in Oligoryzomys and the Hanta virus. Invited by Barrata, who lives across the street. Then dinner at Alberto's with Christie, Liz, Tony, their 2 kids and Jade the babysitter, Eileen, John, and their two Uruguayan helpers. 29 November - Did 9 owl pellets picked up by John near Liz's cave (see list). Also, John picked up at the base of the cliff a hystricognath maxilla that looks like guinea pig with white incisors. It was on the surface right at Liz's dig but well back uner a low overhang. Then Liz came by and invited us out to her dig. She had seen what she thought were 2 Huemul, and when she told Parques they were all excited and wanted to go at once to check it out. So we went at 3 pm with