Field notes, v1307
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Greene, H. 1990 November 6 (continued) re-orienting their tarp. Rain finally stops ≈1545hr, just as Jan returns bringing Bob's friend, a writer for Outside magazine, Michael McCray. Back to our specimens from last night. Clouds up heavily as we wait for dinner, ≈1830-1900hr, w/ some wind and it seems chilly. Big groups of hornbills w/ bright white and black wings fly into the Gorge below as- the bird species Jan has been studying for 10 years, so she is really excited to see them. We went into Ishasha Gorge ≈2045-2210hr, and worked along the big river and also the smaller Kabonga River, in which Jens got 2 Rana angolensis and 2 Hylarana. Benjamin Boyanda, a Game Guard that joined us for this trip, went w/ me along the Ishasha. We walked across a big treefall along the river, and on the way back Benjamin said it was too dangerous and we cut new trail around it. The big river is boiling and brown. The trail down is almost vertical through rocky clefts, and Bob hurt his hand in a fall; takes ≈15 minutes to go up. I slept well, but like several other nights recently, I had long, detailed, weird dreams—something I almost never do in the U.S. November 7 Partly cloudy and hot by 0800hr, and 5 locals come to offer us a big rooster - there was much bickering, and I thought Steven the senior game guard was insulting the chicken's character in order to lower the price. Late, Jens speculated that since they were speaking in