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Myrna Long
1969
journal
110
5 mi, 5w Otayco, 8000ft, Dept. La Libertad, Peru
Sept. 2 (cont) traps under brush and magay cactus. Ray set
snap traps and small shermans lower down on the
slope. Dr. Koford set snap traps and large shermans
up the hill. It is a fairly warm, windless & cloudless
night. There are a few insects calling, and no night
birds apparent. I saw some mouse sign when I
was setting traps, and trapped in much the same
kinds of places as I did last time. At about
5:00pm little flies are very active. At night, the
insects seem to be predominantly moths. No bat calls
heard.
Sept. 3
Last night after 10:00p.m. I heard bat cries. Insect
sounds were more abundant, also. At 6:45 this
morning I checked my traps. I caught 4 mice in
my large shermans, 3 in the small shermans, and
9 in the snap traps, a total of 16 mice.
Eleven of them are Phyllotis andium, 6 alive and
5 dead. I only got 1 Akodon in a live trap,
and 4 higher up in the thicker brush in
snap traps. Ray caught 4& Phyllotis andium
Akodon. 2 dead and 2 alive. In a live trap Dr.
Koford caught a very large Drymops. The
Akodon seem to be more abundant higher up in
the thicker, deeper brush. I caught one beneath
a magay plant. After I finished picking up my live
traps I stopped to rest a minute. I soon saw
something that now like a squirrel approaching me