some or most of these 6 clumps, the yearling culms seem to be taller than the old culms, 5b. Chose a clump of bamboo on the grid (5b) near a big culm and measured all culms etc. Had numerous yearling culms and new shoots including some not yet above ground. The bamboos along the steps up to Sago Cantaras are all scrawny sparse, those along the trail between Blasty Cantaras are robust. Much greater tree diversity along the trail (Sotogellos, slender, a white-flowered breadleaf, etc.) than on our grid. Saw a dozen or two noisy parrots, but only in trees tops. Park Guard Horacio Belosa says he doesn't see them feeding or on the ground. Some drizzle. Nov. 21 Overnight in the hotel, then more bamboo-ing, especially along the trail to Cantaras. At one place saw a half-dozen small bamboo plants that looked like "seedlings" a couple of years old; one small yearling sprout, a clump of several-years-old bamboo nearby. Photosed the dead clump at the Correo rasbery Patch; still conspicuous, the culms greying but hard. No blooming clumps along the Cantaras trail. While walking back from the grid with Horacio, he spotted a Darwin's frog crossing the road. I couldn't make it foot-holly-up, Horacio says he has not seen Pudua here but he found one killed by a llama and puma scats with push-hoover. The administrator of the hotel is Sr. Panebo. Some drizzle.