Field notes, v1516
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Carl Pearson 1769 Journal 19 July hopped, walked for maybe 1 min., then zoomed off toward fields. Then a flock of 7 small doves flew north toward fields. Before those, while still light, a hawk flew over. Did some small with counts (13-16). 13 was a dif. technique: shake plant on canvas + into + pour into bucket, then search small portions on canvas + in pans. This plant had a drift of sand over part of it. It was a cool + slightly breezy morning. Cleared for middle of day. Walked along beach just north of Puerto Viejo. Picked up old porpoise skull (CP 14), cormorant skulls (CP 11,12,13), procellariiform skulls (CP 8,9,10), a fairly complete skeleton of small procellariiform? (CP 13). 10: small, white below, black spots on white all over back, black band on end of tail. Also picked up 3 eggs we found on beach while up + were being drifted over with sand. These turned out to have chicks in them, not rotten, but dead. The chicks had 3 unwebbed toes. On the pond at the north and of the beach were Tringa flavipes (7), Charadrius vociferous (4), Anas bahamensis (7), Charadrius alexandrinus (6), some sandpipers like western. On beach were usual plus 2 black oystercatcher. To Pochocomac in midday. Coctus hills late pm. 5 mi & Yungos, 9,000 ft., Dept. hira, Peru 20 July Left Puya León early, drove 5 to Cañete, had fun at the mercado, drove up towards Yungos but stopped for night before we got there. A really beautiful canyon with lots of almost turquoise water + neat irrigated fields