Field notes, v1350
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Myrna Keen 1969 journal 97 ~ 10 mi. NW San Miguel, Dept. Cajamarca, Peru August 26(cont.) Apparently we were. This road goes to San Miguel, where there is supposedly a junction of the roads to Cajamarca and Chupen. He said it was 2 hours to the junction. From then on the road was not as steep, but still narrow and much muddier with fewer rocky places for traction. It was still raining. At 6:45 p.m. we stopped on the road and decided not to go on. We pitched the tent right on the road. It stopped raining shortly afterwards. There were frog or toad calls at dusk. We are at about 9000 ft. now. On the way up we saw some birds active, especially when it wasn't raining. Often birds of different species flew together. 9:00 pm It has been sprinkling on and off since dark. It looks like it may clear by morning, however. August 27 It is a clear sunny, warm morning. We have hunted some birds. Ray got some nice tanager with blue heads and green backs and a rusty and grey flycatcher. I shot some sort of flycatcher, but it flew just as I was about to pick it up. It flew up about 20 ft. and over above some thick brush, where it fell. As it was up in the air it was buzzed by a hummingbird. As I crawled through the bushes looking for it I saw a yellow frog making its way underneath the wet, green & yellow leaves. (MAE 343). It is