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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