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DuVal,
E.H.
2004
Journal
Isla Boca Brava, Chiriqui Prov., Panama
10 Apr can't
and back. The owl flushed again and
the wings again appeared to have lighter
brown mottling in flight. Maybe a
Mottled Owl - I didn't see the head.
I flushed ABG (G) off of Julie's BTR
nest, and got her bands. Then I
finished the watch and vegged nests.
The female nesting by the SBE1 pump
is indeed BAG (G), and I took one
egg for genetics. The embryo was 5-6 days
old and still small, but with a large head, with
large translucent lobes behind the eyes [illegible]
I need to look at an embryology book
re chick development when I get home, just
to brush up...
Julie found a Common Pauraque nest
near ACA4 by accidentally flushing
the parent.
At night we went with Frank
and Yadirra to their house to sit on
the porch drinking Balboa and talking. As
we sat there, we heard two types of owls:
one that just gives a "poo" call [illegible] regularly at
intervals of about 10 seconds (I thought it was the
spectacled owl, but after reading Ridgley Gwinn
again last night I'm not sure). The second
was a more varied call, w/ repeated short notes rising in pitch at [illegible]