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Myers
Phil
1973
Journal
168
466 km NW Villa Hayes by rd, Dept. Boqueron, Paraguay
3 Sept slept, but not so well about 10°C at 6 AM. Left,
met Martin & Lavett accidentally at the drive into
Salazar.
425 km NW Villa Hayes by rd, Dept. Boqueron, Paraguy
forgot that at a small pond here I shot a greater
yellowlegs. A temporary pond. Bird was with
another, smaller sandpiper. Shot 2 Perdoalsaudra,
further down the road (Pete notes & catalogues), K
at Salazar km 320
we saw 17 golden plover & a large
of buff breast sandpipers. Also solitary sandpipers
& black necked stilts. Slept at its R. Verdo line
camp, left until 1 AM putting up birds.
50 km E of km 320 on Trans Chaco Hwy, Dept Boqueron,
4 Sept Paraguay Part of Esteri land, Juan
de Salazar, which has its headquarters at km
320 arrived by a little dirt road I think
50 km is an approximate linear distance.
The name of this place is Campo Flores. Road
in very interesting, a good cross section of
chaco habitats. Mostly low mounds. Picked
up 2 wetland
weaned
greedy skulls. Lavett got a coati carcass.
2 very large lakes, look natural at least
several km² of water. Very dense vegetation
around edge. Many birds, included sandpipers,
or shot a Wilson phalarope which Pete put
up.
Come out to this place because the people