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Hanken,
James
1975
Journal
Panama - Cerro Pindo area
Audubon Society Cabin along road to Cerro Pintu,
Nueva Suiza, Chiriqui Province, Panama
11 August about the possibility of renting houses. According
to Mr. Hamuly there is still only one trail (not
for autos) to the Divido, and once there there are
is not rail nor inhabitants N of the Divido
until a point ten miles from the Carillean coast.
After leaving Mr. Hamuly we settled into the
Audubon cabin. Shortly before dark Jim and
went for a walk and saw another new bird,
the common sooty-capped bul tanager, Chlorospingus
pileatus
13 August Yesterday morning Jim Lynch and I left at ~8AM
and E through the town of Cerro Pintu to investigate the
Boquete trail. After passing through Boquete Cerro Pintu
the main road turns N, and the turnoff to Boquete
lies just after crossing a small wooden bridge
over the Quebrado Grande. We were able to drive
in about 2 km before the road wasn't passable for
our Vw). At this point we were in the valley of the
Quebrado Baja Grande, a relatively level
valley with which is essentially all of the trees
along the valley floor and lower slopes have been
cut down and the area either cleared for agriculture
or cattle grazing; a may of the logs left lying in
fields where they once stood. We turned several of these