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DuVal, E.H. 2005 Journal Isla Boca Brava, Chiriqui, Panama 19 April 2005 Pilot was not responsive when I roused him from the incubator at 6:15am to feed him. But just as I was about to give up, he begged hungrily and ate a good quantity of Exact chick food. I fed him again at 7:30, then took him with me to EDU where I was getting for the E-36 female. As I netted, I searched for Hirtella berries. He was unable to eat (just because of the size) a whole berry, but if I cut slices off the fruit off he ate them hungrily, then ate the seed and its remaining flesh as well. (The seed is only slightly smaller than his head.) He regurgitates the seeds ~ 5 minutes after eating them, and produces a big, gelatinous fecal sac after being fed. He also produces smaller fecal masses that are not gelatinous, which he defecates over the side of the nest so that they fall away from it. 14:00 - Before setting my net at the S-6 nest by bridge, I went to recover my machete that I left out in the rain yesterday (by 5-9). Right near the nest, I found a green overturned beer box, beige baseball cap with an embroidered Nike symbol, a long and