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Mymel Lewis
1969
Journal
122
Sept. 10 (out.)
10 mi. WNW Paguis, 13000 ft., Dept. Ceyaculo, Peru
This morning, too. I discarded 2 peuters - a
juvenile ♂ and a non-feeding ♀.
11:30 am. I checked a few of my traps nearby and found a young
Akodon boliviensis in one set at the base of a rock wall.
12:30 pm. We are breaking camp to look for tinamou.
Nothing in any of my other live traps - apparently
P. boliviensis may be active only in the early morning
or later in the afternoon. Ray saw 4 vicuñas
at rock formations a little less than a mile
away. We spent the afternoon hunting tinamou
in the area where we saw them yesterday, but
saw neither the birds nor any sign of them ever having
been there. At 4:30 we headed W from the
headquarters and trapped along an area of large
rocks + various bushes. Ray set out about 30
snaps, as did Dr. Koford. I set about 20 small
shermans + 20 large folding shermans. There
were many holes with droppings in them. I
set traps at these places, among the bushes,
and a few were a less out in the open. I
saw cluster of droppings out in the open
that were unusually angular.
We are spending the night at headquarters and
will collect the traps in the morning. We
estimated the locality of our trap site as 1½ mi. WNW
Paguis, 12000 ft. Heard frogs calling in the stream
near headquarters last night.