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Journal - Galapagos
2 February 1964
Barrington Is., Galapagos Is.
do not. I am uncertain about appearance imm. of horns, dead? / One giant had track down about 28"/ Few shelter near high est country. On today's route saw only 9 (1 mi. or from camp): 2 kids, 3 ad ♀, 3 ad ♂ (smaller, straighter horns), 1 imm. Two had the typical malocclusion. / Of live animals, I saw following gps.: Br. ad. ♂ - Bl. ad. ♂♀ (buzzed; no beard) - Bl. ad. ♀, bl. imm., br.♂, those 0729 hd. canyon w. of camp - Br. ad. ♂, Bl. ad. ♂ 0755 - 4Bl. ♂ / Br. ♂ ad. 0815 - Br. ♂ Bl ♀ ad. 0835 - 0855, flat ½ mi. NE summit isl.f ♂, big kid, br. small kid - shot br. ♂ w. Bl. ♂♂ Bl. kid - Nr. summit, bl.ad. ♂, 2br. ad. ♀♀, 1 br. kid, 0940 - Bl. ad. ♂ - Top, 2 bl. ad. ♂, 1 br. ad. ♀ - bl. ad. ♂, br. ad. ♂, bl. ♂ - br. ♂ imm. - bl. ad. ♂, 2 bl. ad. ♂♀ - br. ad. ♂, bl. imm. ♂ - br. ad. ♂, bl. imm. ♂, bl. ad. ♂, br. kid. - 3 br. ♂, 1 bl. ♂, 1bl. ♂ - 2 br. ♂ - 2 bl. ♂ - 2ad. ♂, 1imm. ♂, black - bl. ♂, br. ♂ - 4bl. 2br. ad. ♂ (1330). 1bl. ♂ ad. (shot). Totals: 62 seen; 24 br. 36 black. (♂ 15-18; ♀ 5-13); ♂/♀ = 34/18 = 188 ♂/100 ♂♀.; doe-fawn, 18/5 = 100/28 (perhaps should include imm.♂., if those < yr.). Lgst. ♂ hand = 6. Mixed = 3 ♂ ♂ 2imm. 1 kid + ? / Ted Bopfenfuss said he saw 6+ goats about ¼ mile S. of station near Devil's pond about 5 p.m. / Yellow flowered tree: Cordia lutea; "margenita" = Maytime clover (Calestrance).
3 February 1964. Tone double nr. camp allowed opposite to 2'. Some orgynizes now across creek at night, & others in food supplies. Departed Barrington about 9 a.m. & returned to Academy bay on course with sail + motor; arrived 12 noon,