Field notes, v651
Page 103
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V. M. Sziradon 1978 Basileuterus culicivorus El Juil, 230 m., 19.5 km. NNE Encarnacion by road. Dpto. Itapua, Paraguay. 20 September of B.C. I would have liked to put it off until a day with better weather, but we only have less than a week left here and the weather hasn't been good recently. I decided to census Super Fern and Cross Creek Trails and part of the corn field area. On the way (via the hotel, miniature golf course, Middle Trail and Bamboo Trail), I listened for B11, B12, B13, B7, B3, B9 and B14. I heard B11, B12, B13, B13, possibly B9 (I heard a bird near Banana Creek while I was near B14) and B14. I spent some time investigating the bird at the junction of the path parallel to the miniature golf course and the path to the airstrip. When this bird was singing I didn't hear B13, but after it stopped singing B13 could be heard. I would think this casts doubt on there being two birds here. I recorded the bird at the garbage dump (B16). The recording and census today was quite depressing because it was very hard to locate B.C. and the birds that were singing were singing for only short series. I heard a bird near