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Dukal,
E.H.
2005
Journal
Isla Boca Brava, Chiriqui, Panama
16 April 2005 - clear and sunny for most of the day
We seem to be having a revival
of the summer we never had- little rain,
dry clothes, Frank fretting over water (because
of a broken pump, though not because the
wells are dry). I didn't net any more
unbanded females with chicks today, simply
because I was wearing myself out on that
task. Instead I did five watches,
and vegged the nests out by Claus's house.
At my acacia area watch, a Little Tiranow
walked by and I got a great look at it-
only my second tinamou sighting in all
these years. Anne saw her first manakin
copulation (at FBE2) today - which
makes two consecutive days of copulating
manakins for us. We seem to be entering
the second round of nests. I found
three empty nests today, and maintain hope
that they will soon have eggs.
I went to check nest E-47 ("The
World's Highest Manakin Nest") and found a
baby still in the nest. As I winched
the branch over to where I could
reach it, though, this baby fledged in
a perfect flutery flight to a high branch.