Galapagos field notes, v579
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P. DeBurdick 1964 Feb 20 Isla Espanola To Isla Santa Fe, Galapagos. for some trips. Coming out of the island there were a # of Oceanites gracilis, all single birds, and one Oceanodroma tetrag, the latter more common the farther out we were. Audubon Shearwaters and Masked Boobies were seen in small #'s, scattered all along the crossing and a few Brown Noddies appeared about 1/2 way to Barrington. I slept most of the trip out, awoke a little at the start and at the middle of the crossing. About 10 we arrived at Barrington. From a distance it looks much like Hood. The terrain is low, the general color of the island reddish. Lava outcrops conspicuous. Most of the shore is a lava-puh cliff, much covered with greens but only a few Masked Boobies along the shore + Frigatebirds and one Brown Noddy. The island differs from Hood mostly in that its vegetation is much more open. The trees widely scattered, and the Opuntia is much more conspi- cuous, by far the dominant plant of this island. The island is very dry, with Cordia just beginning to leaf. We landed in a beautiful Bay at the SE corner of the island, this the usual landing for Barrington. The water here was so clear we could see fish on the bottom, which easily allowed the patrol boat to enter (the Eura- dorians are extremely cautious about their