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Duval,
E.H.
2002
Journal
2002
8 March, continued
Isla Boca Brava, Chiriqui, Panama
8 March
I've heard or seen GTBR's on this
part of the island. Does that mean that
it's becoming more disturbed & open, &
therefore better suited to them? Ryan & I
saw a smallish grey falcon, slightly
larger than a merlin & with a dark
moustache mark, flying over Main St.
between ACA & FBE. It was a good day
for new birds.
We did watches around the study
site, as before, & Julie saw the males
at SBE 2 dance for a female - finally!
This is the first dancing for a female
we've seen in 2002. I observed RYV
aggressively chasing BPY at FBE 2. Did we
ever establish that BPY was & in previous
years, or was it just a hunch? Is RYV
stepping up in the ranks by force (!) or
just reinforcing the way things were?
There was a giant iguana (~6' head to
tail) in a tree over the pigs' enclosure after
lunch.
INTERESTING MAWAKIN NOTE: RSP (RC/scBF)
was seen hovering before a spider web &
plucking at it, with the spider in the middle.
It wasn't clear whether he was attempting to