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Mural Leary
1969
journal
77
[red iron bridge], 12 mi. ENE Olmos, 2000ft. Depth: Lambayeque, Peru
Aug. 16 (cont.)
We arrived here at about 4:00 p.m. We as camped
right by a red iron bridge. There is water under
the bridge, but very little. This is a dry brushy
area with steep hills with rock outcroppings. I
set 30 small shermans at the lower part among
the brush and boulders. Ray set small shermans &
large folding shermans in brush & rocks. Dr. Koford
went up a hill and set snap traps among the
rocks. I set up a mist net across the stream
where the brush was somewhat thick and created
a narrower place.
7:15 p.m. It is a warm, slightly breezy night. Ray
cought 3 frogs near the stream. They are abundant
and can be heard calling - a long fast-vibratory
call. Many insects & cr* are also making noise.
The sky is mostly clear, but the 1/4 moon looks hazy.
8:00 p.m. We got 2 bats in the net, a Phyllostomus M-4
(U.MAL294) and a Mystes There are hundreds of toads here.
They are calling down near the stream and are
crawling around in the dry brush tangles
higher up. Some are very large - maybe
about 7 inches long. Some are amplexing,
the smaller, greenish ones (M) on top
of the larger, browner females. We got
another Phyllostomus in the net.
Aug. 17
Checked an traps. Dr. Koford was the only one to catch
anything - he got some sort of Phyllotis in a