Pearson-1989 24 Susana Antolache and her assistant Adriana came to talk about bamboo. Talk. November 15 - Clear, cold windy. Bamboo in the apartment. Alberto Sosa arrived from Santa Rosa. Santa Rosa has lots of rain. The viscacha habitat at Lihue Calel is improving and there are said to be some viscachas in the park on Lyn's study area. The New Zealander's red deer project at Parque Luro seems to be all tied up in political and administrative bungling. Alberto has not been able to get approval for a long-term bird census there. November 16 - Castano Overo. see Bhoospec account. November 17 - Night was clear, not cold. My trap line caught Abrothrix, Auliscomys, and Oryzomys. Found an overlooked Sherman from last year; it had a long-dead Abrothrix in it, plus? dog? toothmarks on the outside of the trap. Anita's line around camp caught Auliscomys, Abrothrix, and Oryzomys. Put out about 10 more traps in the usual log/dense Berberis, bamboo place near the bridge across the river. Then marked bamboo at the clamp in the forest. Lots of downed limbs and trees, no damage from grazing, but lots of sign of grazing on assorted bamboo. In the afternoon hiked up to the trapping grid. The trails not visible. Some cow pies on the grid, but no cow trails seen, so probably not a lot of impact. Lots of coihue and lenga seedlings and saplings, more coihue. Saw at least one clump of dead, flowered bamboo on the grid. Collected a sample of branches from the grid to examine leaf production and longevity. The auto road up the hill is closed in several places by treefalls. saw a Notro bush, some Berberis percei, and a bevy of small bamboo clumps with 4 to a dozen culms of graded diameter, but no mother dead mother bush nearby. The culms on the grid are smaller diameter than I had remembered. Chaura in bloom, and yellow violets. Anita and Alberto hiked up to the snow. I checked my traps: 2 lizards in the mallin, 1 Akodon olivaceus along the road. A condor landed up on the cliff above where the whitewashis, but then flew off. November 18 - Night clear but warmer. One Akodon longipilis in the new traps in the forst near the bridge. The other line had only one Oryzomys. Anita's line near camp had two young Auliscomys. Began to drizzle about 9 a.m. Gathered some branch samples from known-age culms, then drove to Ventisquero Negro and to the end of the road at Cerro Tronador. Was sitting in the car measuring bamboo when Susana Martin and Patricia Pierro appeared leading a Smithsonian tour group. They asked for a quickie lecture on the biology of the region. Back to Bariloche when the road opened at 4 p.m. Apparently no rain except at the Tronador part of the road. November 19 - Sunny, warm. Up Cerro Otto with Alberto to measure bamboo. Met the owner of Piedras Blancas ski run, but he was not a reliable informant.