7 Echo mochiler. Chubbs when in the trop, but heard no calling. Then drove down to San Martin for photos, but clouds gathered down below, clearing about 10:30. Then up the hill again to chara trees trofs; nothing. Goats stood on their hind legs and eat rosa mosqueta fruits. Heard barn owl last night. Shinned trees, sunny & warm. April 19 Clear all night, no frost, then clouds began gathering at sunrise. Heard barn owl again. Two mochiler in the trofs. Picked up trofa and drove down into San Martin for gas, about 12 km. The two section of the road (San Martin - Villa Angostura) lies between the first side road back into town and the side road to probably about 300 m above the lake. The Chapaleo ski resort. Saw other troco sleeping on bamboo lines a couple of miles farther south also, a longa hillside that I was photographing in the colony wester, yesterday afternoon & which should just touch of autumn color is this morning spectacular. Instant magic. Then drove south to Bariloche with stops for photos. Day increasingly cloudy, then drizzle + rain starts beginning about 2 p.m., but clear again in Bariloche at 8 p.m. (when it had rained earlier). I have spent some time in so many places waiting in vain for sun to strike large steeper that I am convinced that persistent local cloud cover is part of their requirements.