Field notes, v1600
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Seib, R. 1985 Napolo to Isla San Marcos, Baja California Sur, Mexico 16 May Wrote, ate and preserved last night's snakes. Checked out at 1400 and drove north. Stopped in Loreto for lunch at the Restaurante Agullo. Ate Filete de pescado al mojo de ajo and draft coffee and three pepsi's. Drove on to San Bruno where we caught a paqya out to San Marcos. We had to wait 15 min while the paqya attended with about 9 people from the town on the island. I noted that The total fair was 500 pesos. Our trips are going for 4000 (two round trips). This is 4 times their rate for 1/4 the number of people. I guess they have a sliding scale here. Anyway, we had a boist ride to the island under a fairly continuous cloud coud cover, arriving 1900. I was concemed that it might not be good for snakes because of this, and because it seemed cool. I was wrong. At 1945 it was dark and by 2000 we had caught four snakes. The first was a juvenile Crotalus ruber. I found just leaving a small patch of rocky hillside. The second was an adult Cichaura Davis found on the opposite, the right side, of the canyon on the red rock out crop. I raced over to see it and when I