Field notes, v1716
Page 283
Image from the Biodiversity Heritage Library. Contributed by Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, University of California, Berkeley. | www.biodiversitylibrary.org
Transcription
LL Wolf 1963 54 Journal August 4 9 mi. E. Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico. Gas; grease + oil- 43484.1 - Cuernavaca, Morelos. Up at 0815. Still dark as we drove to Cation de Rosas. Had Breakfast + then hunted in drier end of canyon for Aimophila humeralis. Still further along road found chattering Aimophila ruficauda. Hunted for about an hour then drove back about 1 mile toward Cuernavaca + hunted in canyon. There is a trail that runs all along creek in bottom of canyon. Vegetation is fairly dense with trees up to 60-75 feet. Much of canyon appears to have been cut over but is coming back. Saw family groups of Seturus prosetetus, Turdus assimilis + collected a juvenile Myiopagra viridicata. Found & Chlorostilbon canivetii building a nest + a pair of Achimolophus mexicanus feeding nestlings. Also juvenile Catharus aurantirostris. Went back to drier area east of canyon to skin birds. Heard Aimophila ruficauda chattering in legume areas. Prepared Birds then back to Cuernavaca to have car greased + oil changed. After supper drove North on the free Mex. 95 to a point mi. E. of Tres Cumbres. Set up camp in what looks like picnic area in this pine-oak area. Hope for Aimophila safocosa in the morning. Wrote notes + & bed at 0830,