Galapagos field notes, v579
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Feb 17 Center of Isla Espanola (Hood), Galapagos. fuliginosa hops on the ground looking for fallen seed or climbs about in the trees. Many males were singing, early in the day. Corvus is was often seen in the trees, but did not appear to be foraging. They sang from perches, and flew to trees when alarmed but did most of their feeding on the ground. Pts from this species (a dove) were frequent³, and I saw about a dozen birds digging individually, although digging did not seem to be as prevalent as at Pta. Suarez, perhaps because there was more seed on the surface. Doves were everywhere, Perhaps the commonest or 2nd commonest (of all the Cetticidae) land bird noted. There was no water, but most of the birds we saw were actively picking seed, etc. off the soft soil both in the open and under the trees. Several doves were up in the trees, but did not appear to be feeding. We saw no more owls and only one clebs Hawk? soaring overhead. We worked on from this 1st peak we visited to another low peak and then from that SW to the highest peak of the island. The vegetation in the valley E of this 2nd peak was very dense and sticky, elsewhere fairly open. Caught a fourth Dromicus which was