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V.M. Diaz
1978
El Inol, 230 m., 19.5 km. NWE Encarnacion by road.
Dpto. Itapua, Paraguay.
22 September
road around the vicinity of the airstrip.
I walked up the road to its intersection
with the road to Encarnacion, then came
back to the airstrip and the hotel,
arriving at 18:00.
3 September
I left the hotel at 06:00 today and
walked out the hotel road leading to the
road to Encarnacion. I recorded birds and
saw a species which hasn't been collected
yet by M.V.Z people, the Chestnut-vented
Conebill (Conirostrum speciosum). The cone-
bill was feeding and singing, and was
about 8 ft. off the ground in a small
hotel
tree along the road.
I stepped for breakfast at 07:10, and at
07:30 started off for Middle Trail by
taking the miniature golf course path.
From Middle Trail I took Bamboo Trail,
and then took Super Flein Trail to
Cross Creek Trail. I took Cross Creek
Trail to the cornfield, arriving there
around 11:30 when the sun was beating
down. After recording some birds (and
trying unsuccessfully to record the
swifts which would sporadically fly
overhead), I left the cornfield and re-