Verbeek 1966 Journal 40 16 July Rain in the early morning and at odd times during the day. Periods of sunshine. Mild. Went out with Tom to census the plot, after I spent some time in the laboratory catching up on notes. There was a little more bird activity on the plot, primarily in the form of small flocks of Pecktails. None of the Plovers had hatched yet and the phalarope mean stake 5 still had 4 eggs. Noticed two Bumblebees on the plot and I collected a Senecio atropurpureus, the first one I have found bloom here. In the afternoon I went to the Drum Area to check the progress of the knots and to get some more feeding observations. Food is abundantly available, especially Crane flies are very conspicuous. On the hammocks upon find Tipula; with the majority of 9 engaged in egg laying. Pedicia, the small bluish Crane fly is found in wet places, such as moist polygon thoroughs. There are further a variety of small diptera and some flat, jumping type of beetle, which is not a true beetle. Despite of all this food upon see very few birds feeding, possibly because they do not have to make much of an effort to search and possibly because most birds have chicks and are more concerned with upon than with food. Went out in the evening from 21:00 to 21:30 to check a couple of Band nets (#8, 25) on the Drum Area. 17 July Strong cool S.W. wind and cloudy with some rain and periods of sunshine. Made the first long distance bird census today. I hope this will be continued in the future. Started at the Small