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Journal
8 Feb. 1978. / Estev, Dpb. Izabel, Gastrea.
wood but thin. Head chocolate to V on lower slopes than more.
Erik + I pedaled boat out inlet; saw gpe 7 (n+) gr. billed
lions (5 m. away in brush), Heliconia (100 m. W of site yesterday; it flew
short distance); gallinazo, citrusline trogon, gpe of shot-killed
pigeons; a Clercin patricia (?-alone, eating whole 10 x 15 mm. reddish-yellow
fruits from tree); hammer ? w. straight red bill, black head & shoulder,
rufous tail dorsally, pinkish (Anagris squamosa? - only looks seen). Took
a treasure net. (Possibly little kingfisher seen in Campia last eve at
distance) Baltimore oriole; strip bushy near inlet. / Erik went in boat
not + released; Volatinia, Compsophila tangarae.
w. Adolf to get water sample; back 11:30. / Flood Corridor in grass-
land. Gpe. anis also in brush in grassland, to S W of lake. Not seen
duck entrance 5-9 p.m.; later moss but no catch.
9 Feb. 1978. With Erik to Potaje; Adolf's Pangulo row us over inlet,
about 50 min. on calm water. 8/10 alt at some clouds. Saw 4
pelicans in gpe; ocean gull or large tern. Swallow in gpe. To
S of Potaje, river nice slowly; many cangos, largely flooded +
green. Flat mostly grazed grassland, w. scatted palms & other
trees. Most huts w. palm thatch. Barbed-wire fences and
hundreds of yellow cattle. Hiked S toward mouth of cango
& J. Maizlis fauna. No lack many palm fruits, + a large con
cute hill w. large red antenna. Burned airstrips. About
15 min. walk to house, 15 min. to river in cango mouth. Clear
+ flowing; many fish to 5" long. Broken up first but tree to
100'. / Erik saw a marmosa (24' antlers, white under tail,
chocolate brown body) at 15'; apparently sick. / Parrots
flew out. Saw a gpe of 20+ swifts; some had white area
at shoulders (=Panyptila?). We saw gpe. of 10 and of 8