D.A. Good 1981 Journal Tuxtepec to Vista Hermosa, Oaxaca 2 January Woke up 0700 and, since I slept in the car last night instead of the tent, I took the opportunity to lie in bed (the front seat of the car) and read until 0730. Dube + Ed went out to pick up traps 0715. I got up + started to pack up the car as far as I could and then spent the rest of the time until D+E returned reading. During this time a large mixed flock of birds came through (see spp list below). Dube + Ed returned 0915 and we had breakfast, packed up + left 1035. We drove back to Tuxtepec (25.8m N) and shopped + got gas and left again 1200. We then drove back past our campsite and on through Valle Nacional and on up into the mountains. We stopped about 1 km N of Vista Hermosa 1330 and skinned mice until 1520 at which time we tried to start the car and found the battery was dead. We then spent the rest of the afternoon flagging down cars asking for jumper cables. We finally started the car again ca 1730, we camped at that locality that night (Dube had set out 40 traps during the afternoon). Bird list for Tuxtepec : Yellow-billed Cacique Yellow-tailed Oriole Brown Jay Wilson's Warbler Cattle Egret Yellowthroat Band-bellied Wren White-collared Seedeater Melodious Blackbird Long-billed Starthroat Rufous-capped Warbler Rose-throated Becard Black-headed Saltator Golden-fronted Woodpecker Grove-billed Ani Tropical Kingbird