Galapagos field notes, v579
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P. De Benedicti 1964 Feb 13 Punte Sucarez, Espanola (Hood) Island, Galapagos off and bobbing right by my cot. My watch, which has been full of salt spray for the last 2 or so days finally froze up (8 A.M.). Spent the mid day (11-3) skinning my birds and eating lunch, then went out towards the cliff to look at sea birds, until about 4:30. Most of my [illegible] bird observations are included here. Saw an upright posture (one) with bird up on cactus root. The bird display ed to flee. Saw one head low (?low oblique) posture while the tongue distinctly raised, and lots of calling from obliques. Didn't do much serious watching. Some suggestion of flight displays (:V- flying?). Actually very little display pattern except obliques but lots of flight to and from perches. Didn't see any juvenile birds today. In the morning I found a ?'s gawron Albacino wandering clumsily around in the bush, about 1/2 way across the pt from the cliff. It moves its head/s side to side in alternation to the foot of the ground and didn't try to flap the wings when I got near. Almost uniformly brown, apparently downy, and cuticles less than a month from fledging. Spent much time watching Red-billed Tropicbirds zooming around. Twice saw birds flying over the pt. to the N, both times single birds. They have one clear display flight, in which the call I described yesterday, more accurately described as