Galapagos field notes, v579
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P. De Bernelictis 1964 Feb 14 Punta Suarez, Espanola (Hood) Island, Galapagos Tied up, and then flew off to join a bird calling loudly to chase away another pair. On the way back from removing the net Ortiz and I saw 2 adult night herons crobbling about under the brush about 30 yards from the water. One raised his crest very high, and the gave a soft call like the flight call. crest erected looked like Spent the evening skinning out the small birds by lantern light, and finished about 10:30. Never again. In the evening we saw numerous doves flying from the center of the island to the rocks on the very end of Pta. Suarez. In the A.M. we see fairly heavy flights in the reverse direction. I suspect this is for the water Paperjess + Ortiz found in the higher parts of the island. Cook Koford gave me an Albatross skull; didn't see the young bird today but didn't look very hard. When I checked the net the 3rd time there was a single Myiarchus magnirostris, silent, near the nest. The moths lining looked pink. I couldn't lure it into the net crashing about in the brush and 2 workers eventually chased it away. Heard Gulls flying out in the evening and the orystalocites at night. We are planning to go to the east end of the island tomorrow. 119