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Mugs
Pub
1974
Journal
58
Conway Bay, Isla Santa Cruz, Galapagos, Ecuador
Feb 7-8 Confronted but I had only 4.
Lots of goat feces & some bones. Patter
found 2 land iguanas, about 1m in
length. I was on top a patch of
dampened bare earth. A nest?
Never got any very useful finches -
either a large G. fortis or a small G. magnirostris.
Others were what we caught at trading bay.
Also Mockers & warblers. Saw penguins
both in the sea off Conway & amongst
mangroves.
Isla Baltra, Galapagos, Ecuador
8-9 Feb Picked up at the port pier to drop Dottie off &
refuel. Wright went to nearby Daphne for
legends. 76 & set traps out on Baltra
mostly around the building. After dark
Patter noticed a large # of rats in a turtle
pen nearly Air Force Base so we moved a
dozen traps up there & caught 8 rats, about 12 in
all. No trouble getting the Iguanas &
geckos. Last for two years ago the geckos
were scarce but this year they as abundant
& large. Went out in 3 groups, picked up 9 in
a hour & a half. One pile of turtle
blocks was particularly productive.
We were forbidden from taking any furthre.
In general this is a dull severely