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15 mi. NW Tacambaro
June 16 the timber stand looks more virgin. I hunted in
a stand of fir and pine with several other broad-
leaved emergent trees (identical with those at camp
near Puerto Cornica). There is a good understory of
young trees, shrubs & herbaceous elements - due
in large part to clearing of the original timber.
From superficial appearances the stand looked
too "thin" to support waras but they were fairly
common and I took 11 specimens in 2 hours. The
tree remaining are about same size as those at
Puerto Cornica - giant pines & firs and probably
many of the larger trees have been cut down. There
are more laches here than at the other camps,
howerer, a few oaks are present.
Local name of C. megalopterus = "Zona ja".
As I arrived at edge of the timber I heard the
calls of megalepterus - a group giving che-che
or che-cha which I recognized. The group
was in a stand of small firs (10-12 feet high)
and various large palms & small broad-leaved
trees. By squeaking and using a wounded bird
to bring in the others I collected 8 specimens - the
entire group I believe. This included 4 juveniles.
Juveniles definitly less wary then adults. Once
one birds (adult) flew almost into me and then
swerved to alight land on a vertical tree trunk
after being attracted by similar calls of a wounded