ants, Sean 2007 Journal Dec. 19 Cerro Kennek, Parque Internacional La Amistad, Prov. Limon, Costa Rica Last night was incredibly windy- the pole holding up the plastic sheet over our tents blew over and crashed into my tent. This morning we left our packs and hiked to the summit of Cerro Kennek. The vegetation along the way and at the top is paramo, but without fars and with Chusquea and a comosite that grows into short trees. We had a view of the Caribbean from the summit. We searched under rocks and in some good-looking moss for ~30 min but found nothing (9.27075°N, 83.03237°W [WGS84; 6m acc.], 3556m elev.). We sampled some good moss on the way down but didn't find anything aside from a juvenile Masopis. The salamanders here don't seem to be very abundant, although they may just be hard to find. We had a good lunch at camp 3 (9.26256°N, 83.04550°W [WGS84; 7m acc.], 3324m elev.) and then hiked back to camp 2. We searched in more moss for ~10 min and opened about 15 bromeliads along the way, with no luck. The day was mostly sunny with some clouds but no rain. Dec. 20 Camp 2 to Camp 1, P.I. La Amistad, Prov. Puntarenas, Costa Rica We got a somewhat late start today; everyone was tired. We hiked from Camp 2 about halfway up Cerro Thai and searched for ~1 hr in a very mossy area with a few bromeliads, but found nothing. We hiked to the top of Cerro Thai and searched as we went down. We stopped at the paramo on Cerro Kesir and searched in moss and bromeliads for 1 hr but found nothing only 1st picadori. I searched from 19:30-21:00 along the stream at camp 1 with fairly humid conditions, but saw nothing and heard only a single clothmstyle picadori call once.