Field notes, v1404
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C. Koford 97 Journal July 21, 1951 Aricoma, 1500', Ooto. Pno, Peru. Breeze up canyon by 1 p.m. Trops held 2 min., P. sublimina, -24°- 21 gms., at base rock well on short grassy knoll; track melting. Clear by sunset (5:03 at home). July 22, 1951. Sunday. Temps. -4½°, +8 °C. Clear. Watched 8-9. vicunas 6-7 a.m.; saw change in family group size. Saw hunter stalkin vicunas . 5 live traps held; P. pictus. The snow tops had nothing. Took up all traps. Saw carota 3+ during day. Shot & pur up a Cerulodes & a Upucerchia (testes enlarged). About 1/10 clouds late afternoon July 23, 1951. Temps. - ? ° ; +8½°C. Thermometer, usual- ly in tunnel thru stone wall, was left on car hood & read -14°C. Perhaps forma minima too low. Frostier than usual. Clear. Watched vicunas 6-7 a.m. Saw fox racing along box stone walls 6:30 a.m. Passed 20' from me & saw me. Lift one hind foot over 8" high brisk, sprinkle 2 sec., then on. Tail stiffly held [illegible] when fox moving along. Saw 2 [illegible] pursued by hawks. At 9 a.m. left hut for bandia. Saw 2 hawks (dark gray upper wings + chestnut backs) leave still nest on cliff ½ mile on lake Arizona side summit (not caracaras). Supplied gas, mail at Cruces. 1300' Cuyo-Cuyo a Cuyao sized town (a large) in bottom canyon 14.7 miles from 14500' summit of road. Many stone-walled terraces - perhaps over 100 steps of them. 11.2 miles below CC passed thru 50-gd. long tunnel. As many terraces + accompanying huts on steep sides canyon or way down to bandia. S. 36 miles below summit at 7500' in ¼ mile wide bottom of very steep sided canyon. Road with many switchbacks & few turnouts but entirely possible.