Field notes, v4194
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DuVal, E.H. 2001 Journal Isla Boca Brava, Chiriqui Prov., Panama 11 May 2001 We each did four watches today (one a 1-hon one), and I still managed to confirm the ?'s bands at E-23 (BA_) and find three nests. None of the nests have eggs, but only one had seeds underneath it, so I have high hopes. Eric thinks a formal study of seeds found below nests, regressed against time the nest was active, won't work - there's just too much rot, seed predation, sprouting, rolling away, etc. than can affect the count. I still think it's worth a try - perhaps next year in the dry season? I counted seeds (in an ~1/2m^2 area) under R-2 yesterday and found 20 white 3-sided seeds (the most common under nests), one debly brown seed (2nd most common), & 10 shiny black Euphorbiacaea seeds that may have just fallen in the area. The majority of plants in that area are Euphorbiaceae. In the evening we met Bill Dawson, owner (?) of Crocodile Bay Lodge on Golfo Dulce. He encouraged us to use his name & connections to figure out how to best