Pearson - 1997 Eileen, John, and Tina came by in the afternoon. Twenty Nothofagus dombeyi seeds from Llao Llao "planted" on wet filter papers in a petri about 10 days ago have not sprouted. (Nor had they sprouted by December 15). Summary of the Futulafquen experience. Weather was cloudy or drizzly almost the whole trip. The people we talked with in the park were not aware that there was or had been a ratada. The general concensus was that there are always a lot of mice and that now is no exception. Our overall trap success was 66 and 56%, which is similar to Villa Angostura and Llao Llao. Oligoryzomys trap success was 32 and 10 percent. The 10% was at Puerto Limonao where there was not nearly as much rosa mosqueta as at Arayanes. Olivaceus was more abundant than longipilis. Only those three species were caught. Not one female was pregnant; one was lactating; a few were parous. There were two big male Oligos (over 50g), both with medium large testes and not-very-big seminal vesicles but with spermatozoa in the epididymis. No specimens were fat like the beach specimens from Lago Espejo Chico We saved some stomachs, and pickled some tissues for Adrian. Spotted/hemorrhagic lungs continue to show up even in specimens killed by carbon monoxide. The local people have all heard the bamboo story, but no one knew of any flowering plants, and we saw not a single flowering plant. We saw numerous young clumps maybe 10 years old, bt also some clumps of huge old canes. Once again, we saw not a single mouse, even at night with a flashlight. A view of Puerto Limonao from across the lake shows a band of coihue down low, a band of lenga up top, and a big area of bamboo in between (see photo). But without a bloom, what good is the bamboo? The number of maiten trees is impressive, however in the region in general. And the amount of rosa is overwhelming. Not blooming yet, and few old fruits on it. Saw no mouse nests, and few "signs" of mice. Three olivaceus in one Sherman trap, two of them adults, must be a sign of high pouluation. Plus two Oligos in another Sherman. The vagina of Abro longipilis and the testes and seminal vesicles and penis of longipilis continue to