Field notes, v1531
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Drove to Hua Hum at the extreme western end of Lago Lacar, good unpaved road all the way,. At the eastern end of the road you go through scrubby Nothofagus looking like blue oak savanna in California, then it becomes more forested with bamboo. Have seen not a single blooming bamboo. Camped at the edge of big, 20 ha? meadow among blackberryy bushes with ripe fruit, rosa mosqueta, radal, nire, and bamboo, between the aduana's home and the official Aduana station. Only a couple of km to the Chilean border. Hardly any traffic in spite of the good, unpaved road. I put out 24 Shermans and 24 MS in rosa/bamboo/blackberry. Sage set 26 MS and 30 Shermans in forest (pellin and bamboo). April 30- Night cloudy drizzly, no wind, not cold. Heard teros at dawn, butter seen none on this trip. Justin and Mathew saw and heard what was probably a Rattus molesting a MS that had an Oligo in it. My MS held 6 Oligos, 1 Abro longi, and 2 oliv. My Shermans held 1 big Rattus, 1 Oligo, 1 longi. Sage's MS held 5 Oligos, 1 longi, and 2 oliv; his Shermans 1 Oligo and 1 longi. Total traps 104, total catch 22 = 21.2%; Oligo 13 = 12.5%; longi 4 = 3.8%. The two Abro longis, in separate cages, ate all of their quintral berries. One flake of rolled oats was left in one cage. One of the Oligos dissested and one of the Abro olivaceus dissested had stomachs bulging with blackberry fruits. The rosa fruits are everywhere also. A resident of the area didnt know anything about a ratada here. Saved lungs of three Oligos that had been killed by monoxide, but none of them was hemorrhagic. In the afternoon, cloudy, I put out 18 Shermans and 18 MS in new habitat about same as last night's. Mathew and Justin put out 15 MS and 15 Shermans in coihue/bamboo forest. May 1- Hua Hum. Night overcast. Heard a cat yowling in the night. My 18 MS held 8 Oligo; my 18 Shermans held 3 Oligo and 1 Abro longi. Justin and Mathew in their 15 MS had 2 oligo, 1 oliv, and 1 Loxodontomys. In their 15 Shermans: 1 Rattus (released), 3 Oligos, 2 abro sp? total in 6 traps: 22 mice = 33.3%; 16 Oligos = 24.2%; 4 to 6 longi = 6.1 to 9.1%. Kept 2 of the Oligos alive to test whether they eat quintral berries. Chimangos and caranchos have come to discarded mouse carcasses; lots of what whets around, some chucuo, and California quail. Sage had 12 Shermans baited with pheasant pate; he caught 1 Oligo. All his traps were set up off the ground.