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Pearson - 1997
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$800 excess baggage. Then visited Michael Christie.
His bird book is essentially complete and seeking a
printer/publisher. Nadia Guthman is in Buenos Aires
at a Hanta virus meeting promoted by the latest case
near Colonia Suiza. Our Lago Trebol trapping locality
must be only a couple of km from there (across Lago
Perito Moreno).
10 December- Sunny and warm. Paid bills, visited with Adrian
who is going to the mouse glacier (Esperanza) with
GabrielRAPOPORT IN jANUARY. Lunch with John and
Eileen and Tina, then to Villa Angostura (Remorino was
not on duty), then on to Lago Espejo Chico where we
put out traps (7 p.m), mostly new lines but maybe 15
traps were atthe same sites as before. Total traps
93. Nire, bamboo, chaura, Ribes, Berberis. Note: no
rosa or Scotch Broom at Espejo Chico, yet lots of
Oligoryzomys. Full moon almost, mostly clear.
11 December.- Heavy dew. Heard no owls. Saw two big
magelanic woodpeckers working on the same Nire tree;
they make a soft squeek to eachoher, as. Also, a pair of
grey-necked geese in the meadow, as on our previous
two visits, and two ibises.
The 21 Museum Specials held 7 Oligo plus one that
was caught by the tail and escaped while I was
securing him; Shermans had 9 Oligo, 8 Abro longipilis,
3 Abro olivaceus, and 1 Auliscomys.
= overall trap success in 93 traps 17 Oligo, 8 longi,
3 oliv, and 1 Aulisco = 29 mice = 31% for allmice or
17 Oligos = 18%.
The grandson of the poblador (Marcelino
Matus)couldnt give me much information on tineo trees
hereabouts, nor about the crayfish-looking holes in
the forest floor, which we excavated and couldn't
follow to anywhere. I commented on the size of the
nire trees and asked him if there were Nothofagus
trees here other than dombeyi and nire and he said yes
there were lengas. When I said ssure but werent they
much higher in the hills , he said no, there was one
right by the bridge. Sure enough, it was.
Day warm and sunny. Processed the mice. Photo of
one of the islands in the meadow that harbors lots of
Oligos. Photo, which includes Marlboro cigarette
box, includes Berberis darwini, Berberis sp., chaura
1, nire, maybe chaura 2, and bamboo. There are a few