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De Benedetti
1964
Feb 18 Punta Suarez, Isla Espanola (Hotel), Galapagos.
Two oystercatchers were feeding in a shallow tide pool for a while when one started bathing,
splashing water over its back. The other then
flew off. The did a little feeding, but couldn't
see what they were getting. They often get up
together and fly sectors the point calling a
high, "I see. low whistle, "phiew" or a
slight version of this same in rapid succession, the going on long into the night. After lunch I spent
about an hour in a Creagous colony of a few
pairs, and saw 2 instances of neutral preening.
A Brown Noddy was feeding close to shore in the
surf and it could see it one drop its feet like
a Petrel as it dropped down to pick up some food.
Worked E along the S. Cliff. Lots of Tropicbirds
staring along the cliff. Heard two calls, the
"ten call" given from this "V-figured" described
earlier and a drawler, lower, "Prew" "Newer" "Kaw" "
which was given from normal flight. There were
Two large Green Turtles feeding on the surf below
the cliff here. The came to the surface, breathed,
flucted for a while, then dove. A few Puffines coming
to the ledges by 4: At the top of the cliff 2 of the hump
out crop "there are a # of burrows in the soil that
look like old marine iguana burrows, mostly
partly filled in. On the way back stopped to look at