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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