Field notes, v1506
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Myers, plus 1974 Journal Academy Bay, Isla Santa Cruz, Galapagos Is., Ecuador 19 Jan. had been spring, probably by now. Clear hot. Spent the afternoon setting up & running mist net for Nancy Jo. We put ups net, all among the tree cactuses in thick vegetation at the base of the cliff beyond the turtle pens but before the seismograph station. The most productive net was set high, with the top 10[illegible] off of the ground. But all net produced at least a few bird. Nancy is to chromosome & extract tissues from the finches. We caught & kept 24, released a few which someone had banded, & released 6 or 7 yellow warblers. Net were left open over night Janet didn't I checked them once about 9 PM; no bat, but they don't set well for bats. Walking out to the nets & heard[?/?] we caught another 4 gecko. Night went out with the other girls, but only got me. 20 Jan up at 5 AM to work the net. It was slow going until well after light around 6:30, but after that we were more a less continual occupied until 7:30 & 8AM. Total catch was around 40-50 bird, including the few that wandered in later this morning. Net were folded up by noon. Geospiza fortis & G. fuliginosa were the most common spp, followed by G. scandens, then by Cactibilia. The