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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