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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.
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