Galapagos field notes, v579
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DeBernalichi 1964 25 Sun Santa Cruz to Fernandina Is., Seadapogos. wingbeat, faster than Black Petal. Glides a lot with down pointed wings. Tail with a wide white t used. dark band. O. castro O. tetlgs is shorte winged with a more rapid, jerky wingbeat; looks while tailed with a black tip. Seldom see castos on the water; tetlgys frequent plaps down on the water, picks somethin up & flys off. O. gracilis has a longer tail, shorteal, more rounded wings, long feet, flies like a cliff swallow, if itm walks along the water flettering slowly, for 3-5 seconds at a time. Glided with the wings held more out right. saw one stand up on the legs in the water with the wings closed. The Puffine Quwe pink legs. Except for storm petrels, birds are scarce until we got between Pt. Margely and Pt. Espinosa when large #'s of Puffins, Blue-footed Bobies, Frigate birds, and some Prothms Phalocopers were seen. O. gracilis the commonest petel by far in this area. Tisabella is very less and green on the land, dryer and more open only west side. Fernandina or largely lava covered except for a few patches of scrub vegetation on the high parts and meadow at the