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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