Galapagos field notes, v579
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DeBenedictis 1964 Feb 18 Punta Suarez, Isla Espantola (Hood), Galapagos. Most of the W shore is cobble stone with sand areas where sea lions spend the night. The S. shore is cliff from where the Masked Boobies nest, to the E., and Creagrus nest here in small #5s, largest #5 beyond where the Tropic Birds 1st appear. Blue-footed Boobies nest on the cliff in small #5 in addition to those on the flat, adding another 100-180 pairs to the total. Audub- on shearwaters nest in the cliff from the Blowhole east. The brush to the S of the pt. tends to be very open, and it is higher at the E end of the pt than at the west. Several shelves, nevertheless corrected at high tides are indicated by dashed lines. Anisbyglyphuchus and sea lions favor these areas; Turrettores and Tadther, and usually found on them as well. There are a # of outcrops not indicated on my map in addition to the one near our camp. I have done most of my obser- vations in the areas between the outcrop favored by Hantiles and the Blowhole, along the coast 1 inland to cliff way across the Pt. Some signs/ Platons along the cliff in this area and in the Blue foot colony. After completing the map I te lunch, then went out to do a little observing, and take more pictures. The Camera returned the end of the film oddly and I have no idea what sort of pictures, if any, I have on the role.