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De Deneal:
1967
13
Feb.
Punta Suarez, Espanola (Hotel) Island, Galapagos.
Didn't see any. From about 4 on the Audubon
Sleevewaters came in to the cliffs, in small groups
as yesterday. Two pictured active at least to 4:20.
They never feel near the cliff. Noted a few Brown
Pelicans about, and saw an Adult Night Heron
near the comp. The Frigate birds are puzzle to me.
The O's show a faint brown bar on the greater secondary
cover, very narrow and hard to see. One showed
a purplish sheen to the axillary region. The young
seem to have rusty about the breast. Little black-throated,
clean, white breasted birds are frequent. Haven't seen
one well enough to check the eye ring. Ortiz &
T. Pfefferess went to the highest Peak on De Island
today. To look for Tortoises. They saw none, nor signs of
it or Land Iguanas, but got live land snail and two
snakes. They saw several Flycatchers, Fred describing
Pyrocephalus and Ortiz Myiarchus which I have
not seen locally and both they and I have seen
Short-eared Owls. Planning a trip to Gardner on
Sunday (whatever that is). Cool in the A.M., hot at
midday, clouded up in the late afternoon. Very windy
at midday but not so bad earlier or later. Fleas
very bad in the evening. Fleas and blister beetles
(already one case on me) come to the labium but
not as many moths (in proportion) as at Academy
Bay. Makes it very annoying work to write notes.