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DeBenedictis
1967
Feb 22 Wreck Bay, Isla San Cristobal, Galapagos.
Cristobal the pelagic birds disappeared almost
entirely. Saw Masked Booby, Frigate Bird, Blue-
footed Boobin, Brown Woodleir, & Brown Pelicans
in that order of Abundance. The island is hilly, with
several obvious volcanic cones, and very green,
covered with trees and very little bare shores. Can
see almost no eagles. We got ashore after dark
and couldn't see much. Saw one Phrylosuchylus
in town but no others. No bats.
Feb 23. woke up at dawn. Lots of Yellow wambler
and G. fuliginosera song, almost nothing else.
We are staying in two cuprenished rooms in the naval
station at Wreck Bay, which were hot and mosquito
filled at night, very uncomfortable. Didn't get much
sleep again. In the H.O. Saw one worker in the
distance. Check a small pool near the beach but
only one Semipalmated Plover and one Sandpiling.
Shortly after breakfast we boarded a Navy busek
and went up to Progresso, 1000', about 4 miles,
ESE of Wreck Bay. The trip up was quite rough, although
the road is by far the best in the islands and about 15
Ecuadorian children came along for the ride (They left
to get off c. 1/2 mile out of Progresso). The vegetation
was very green, and all trees with only a little
Cereus cacties near Wreck Bay. It was cloudy and
rained a little in Progresso. Saw a couple of
mocking, Geospizae, Myiarchus and 1 Psychophthole