Galapagos field notes, v579
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De Benedictis 1964 Feb 18 Punta Suarez, Isla Espanola (food), Galapagos. and ran onto the fly net. snap up 2-6 flies in 10-20 seconds, then run to a brush stem 2 ft away and sit in the shade for 20-30 secs, come out and cut more flies. She spent most of the mid-day doing this. In the evening there was a heavy flight of Creagurs, and the Bulbs and Oystercatchers made quite a racket flying about calling at dusk. The Oystercatchers persisted at least until 10 P.M. A very hot, calm day today. Feb 19 Got up fairly early. Not much usual today - lots of Certhidea song. More finch song than usual. Spent the early A.M. finishing last night's notes and then got my gear to gather and went out around the Pt. Took about 25 pictures of various things with Plus-X black & white film. Just as I left camp found 5 Certhideas in conflict. 3 in V, gross song, but one being much downed by the other two. Occ one would go low, often to the ground with wings fluttering and beg from a singing bird. Went out in the Booby Colony and along the cliff for a while. Saw one nice ? minor Frigatebird showing clear green sheen. Not much TropiBird activity. Spent considerable time just watching Creagurs, sawing a lot of aggressive behavior. Went into the brush to take some pictures and found