Galapagos field notes, v579
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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