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U. M. Dziadon
1978
El Triol, 230 m., 19.5 km. NNE Encarnacion by road,
Dpto. Itapua Paraguay.
17 September listening for an Empidonax fulvii I had heard
near there, but it wasn't vocalizing. It was
very quiet there, and what did sing sang
only briefly. An exception to this was a
Tropical Parula (Parula pitiayumi) which was
singing continuously from the tree tops near
Green Creek.
I took the Cross Country Loop (the part to
Bamboo Trail) and Middle Trails back to
the hotel, arriving at 12:10. On the way
(and earlier in the morning), I checked
the 5 nets that are up. The temperature
by this time was the warmest it's been
here so far (probably in the 80's F).
At 16:30 I took the path to the
area in which they were loading gravel
at the airstrip. The wind was still
very strong, and almost nothing was
vocalizing. I returned to the hotel at
17:45.
18 September It was very windy today. The temperature
was very warm, and it was humid with an
overcast sky.
Because of the wind, I did not continue
the survey of Basileuterus culicivorus and
Empidonax fulvii, but instead hiked