Field notes, v1345
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JOURNAL 11 Km. N. of Jayance, Dept. Lambayeque, Peru. July 16 I went out hunting. I tried to collect the wasp and finally succeeded after many trials. I attempted to collect many of the species that I encountered last night but was unable to collect any. Finally I did come out and told me they wanted me back it came. I took the gun and went hunting. At 0930 we departed this area. In Route to Piura, Depts of Lambayeque and Piura, Peru... We headed N and stopped at several bridges looking for lizards and seeing bat activity. We saw large numbers Aratinga sp. out around of the bridges when large number of mosquito were very nearby. Then were especially large numbers at a bridge 6 Km. N. of Motupe. We did catch Decker under one of these bridges and got successful in moving a Toad lizard but it slipped out of the arm and escaped. We continued N through a very smally mosquito area. We did see some Blue, light and Black Jays and got managed to collect one which I believe is Cyanolyca turcosa the Turquoise Jay. We collected several lizards as we went N as stopped at several places. We mostly saw both species Vittina, Black Cerargys stratus, and 7 lady C.tetracerae were saw many individuals of Red-footed Hawk, Buteo polyzona regularly along the highway. About 1500 we arrived at area which can be classified as Tropical Desert. This area mostly of sand/dunes with vegetation of mosquito, acacia and smaller evergreen shrubs. This area is about 10 Km. E of Piura and in the first of areas that we came here looking for.