Field notes, v4195
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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]