Field notes, v4195
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DuVal, E.H. 2004 Journal Isla Boca Brava, Chiriquí Prov., Panamá copulate in a tree near Lee's lot. 'tis the season... 1 April 2004 The morning was overcast and the birds were active everywhere. I saw two Black-chested Jays being mobbed by Yellow-green Vireos along Main street as I walked out in the morning. I flushed the (green) female from nest J-1 and saw that she was banded --V with an A in there somewhere. Going to my Bridge watch, I flushed a Little Tinamou from near the sit-spot at the top of the hill by BR12. My OCV nest has hatched (2 chicks, 1-2 days old), and on my way to a watch at [illegible] I flushed two Black Vulture chicks from the gully west of ACA4. One ran as I approached, crashing through the underbrush like a mammal and well disguised by thick beige down. The other stood very still, half-under a Piper sapling in the bottom of the gully. I circled carefully around him until I was between him & his brother's escape path, and took several pictures. After a minute, he retreated rapidly up the gully to a