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P. De Benedictis
1964
25 Sun
Pt. Espinoza, Fernandina Island, Galapagos.
Nestly magnificent. Maybe a few murres,
but not once if they are in pre-adult molt.
Many of the O. guanchi show heavy molt on the
wings and tail and I was able to see the belly
patches of many. Feet all black. No sign of
the water birds at Espinoza were 3 Penguins on
the rocks. Later saw half a dozen more scattered
about. Saw a flightless cormorant swimming &
fishing, leaps out of the water before diving &
really large compared to N.American species.
A Buteo
Hawk was perched in a level tree on
the point. Mottled on its back & very pointed
at the rarer end like B. swainsoni. Yellow
Warblers common in the dense mangrove
trees and heard 1a 2 geospizines. Saw
a Turnstone once 2 Whimbrels before
smell. Dinner was a delightful concoction,
4 oz
2 oz
of Minestione, hot dogs, spoiled liver
1 oz
beens, mixed vegetables; after full day of
eating nothing it was good (on the boat
Day gave us dry tuna fish sandwiches, and
my contents were so worldly I couldn't bear to
drink this H2O. Very windy, and seahons
are already coming in to investigate the
camp. One attacked (in a loose sense of the
word) Roger Peterson & Charles Carpenter.
Chased it away. Looks like a wild cowp.