Field notes, v1305
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1983 6 February (continued) Just E. of the bridge at LOC 50 there was a smelly fresh scat ~6" long and fairly amorphous beside the trail; contained hair (HWG 1341). Further on found three sets of cat (Felis onca or tiger, but maybe F. concolor - this is very near where one was seen last month) scat. The first dry large and well formed (HWG 1342), second a little messier (HWG 1343), the last consisting of three adjacent piles (HWG 1344). Just past the last one was a small amorphous pile upon a log ~0.4 m high, containing seeds (HWG 1345). All the cat scats had characteristic ball-and-socket features and were on the trail in plain sight. The one on the log looked like procyonid or didelphid. Found several tracks in mud between the [illegible] second and third set of cat scats. At least two were of large cat, but couldn't be sure if onca or concolor. at least 4 others had clear claw marks and were much smaller - Eira barbara? Fernando (works for the clarks) also showed me a bend on the Camino Experimental where he saw a laelasis - he heard it move and saw it is an aroused posturo. 7 February Left at 1300 for Huitzow Trail. At 1345 hr, ~200 m on SOR, missed a pretty dark snake w/gold stripes, ~2' long. It was dashing off the trail