Field notes, v1472
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Marshall, 1945 Palam Actitis hypoleucus in these roads. A given indiv. seen at same spot in road several different days. Teeters, flies ~ spotted Sandpipers. Call given when takes flight. Once seen at shore of a lagoon or sand (Pelelin) - flushed went in are over water & back to a twig sticking out of water near spot from which it had taken off. Arenaria interpres ~Nor Pelelin. Flocks on no. sand spits See under Whimbrel. Phalacrocorax melanoleucus Noted on Pelelin, Koror, Babelthmap - sit upright - body almost vertical head held high- horiz branches mangrove in tall dead snags over swamps (salt). Pelelin - also perch in mangroves 6-10 ft above water. Single or in pairs. At Pelelin saw one bathing in a road-side pond of fresh-water inland - another swimming on another sm. pond of fresh-water. 2 perched on lif diving platform in lagoon N end Pelelin. Fewer seen at Koror. At Babelthmap several seen in flight in open country vicinity of the bay (N-W).