Galapagos field notes, v579
Page 197
Image from the Biodiversity Heritage Library. Contributed by Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, University of California, Berkeley. | www.biodiversitylibrary.org
Transcription
DeBenedictis 1964 76 Feb 3 Punta Espinosa, Fernandina Island, Galapagos. Worn with a crossy rim to the crisis in life. The tongue red with a black tip. Tried to bite (gaped) when ever got. Dr. Miller got a few more finches & mockers, and Ortiz cought an injured Penguin which Miller will skeletonize: Spent the afternoon bothering sea lions and took a couple more pictures. Clear, then cloudy and a little rain in the evening. Beautiful surf in the late afternoon. About 6 most of the Frigate birds on the PT got and started circling higher and higher, up to sev. Hundred feet. About 100-125. Hawks joined them. The mucker in camp very good now, comes right into the tent area. In the evening Penguin came up to the roles to roost but too dark for pictures. Yellow Warblers sounded of, chips, about 6. Chuck Carpenter had the hand Iguanas out to photograph but bot bat all they could do is sit and then run off. The scat of this species is exactly like those I found by the lagoon yesterday, both in size and composition. Had trouble with the lantern at night; everyone sat around and talked. 2 real Jews. Dieline was explaining about the lemonade we had yesterday; he and Dean Amador were sneaking a glass when Chuck Carpenter came along. They made him a 3rd glass; like theirs it was c. i's cone. lemon juice + thirst water (I made 2 gallons of strong lemonade). Carpenter had taken his first drink, prompting Dieline's remark: "Dean and I were sneaking a drink when Chuck came along and caught us and we gave him a glass and it saved him right....." This sent everyone into splits. Billeb was talking about marriage, he a veteran of 2 months, and sounded really fed up with