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Pearson
1987
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The valley has been almost ungrazed for 10 or
more years. Lots of fairly big chesey along the
bottom (stream) and willows, large polo picchia
in full bloom, no rosa mosqueta, little cola
de pichi, considerable calletia, some acacia, lush
brushgrass, Berberis x California quail calling all
around; heard no tamarisk. Four condor roosts on
the cliff above the puesto, Anita put out 21 MS,
21 Sherman, 7 cubes, and 5 steel traps in lush
bushes/steep/boulders, I took photos.
Mar. 19 Night clear, calm, light frost. Anita's traps had
1 crepuscope and 4 abdren longjilie. Our camp is
along the next-to-last stream before the puesto,
about 2 km S of the puesto. During the morning we
picked up this stream about 2 km to where it opens
and into a huge open rolling tableland with a few
marshy places. Stopped for lunch on a bare rocky
hilltop among cypress with a view for miles. Saw
a dozen horses, a couple of black cows, a couple of
groups of quanacos totaling maybe 15 beasts, and
two groups of red deer, one of 11 and one of 6. Sunny,
no wind. Lots of terriers; they call "toot-toot".
Anita put out 25 more MS and 3 more steel traps.
Mar. 20 Night clear, light frost. Anita's traps caught 1 crepuscope,
88 abdren longjilie, 1 big green matured lizard, and
1 gidgee. Arturo Hollander came to pick us up
at 11, then back to Barebols where picked Christo,
Chris (of Bwenn Brewer) and Adrian came to call and