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Weggs
pH
1974
Journal
29
Isla Tower, Galapagos, Ecuador
3-4 Feb Some immature frigate birds but no clowns.
Watched two frigate chasing boobies. They
seemed to wait floating along the cliffs,
until a howeever bold booby w.a
full up again. Then they'd go after it
2-3 frigates were there. [illegible] had what
seemed to be a special call when chased.
Usually the frigate would divebomb or
harassed the food but once we saw one
grope booby in mid flight & seem to carry it
away - with its head looked at the boobie's
vent.
G magnostis, G. [illegible], G. felipina.
Centrula. Very low densities. Dee last
net site were amid the dense clump of
centauria cactus. Also called smocken,
yellow warbler, & Galapagos flycatcher. Ones
[illegible] very dry. Almost no trees were,
leaves. Tower is a low island never
more than 100 ft or so high, is probably
ever catches much rain. Vegetation is
low, scrubby, not very dense. Lot of [illegible]
3 or 4 sea lions, & as many marine iguana.
During the night we got a