JPMyers 1973 Journal 44 Punta Raga, ~10 Km N of San Clemente del Tuyu, Cabo San Antonio, Provincia de Buenos Aires, Argentina 12 Oct cont'd fiscal mud flat), they are very accessible, and the slough lands itself so being gridded. The accessibility though is more of a deficit because of the numbers of people that come. According to the MacDver's (mayor of Gral la Valle) this weekends traffic is representative of much of the summer. There are more on the point than usual, though, because of a coast-wide series of fishing contests. It may be worth asking MR if we can get onto the area on the other side of the Rio Salado mouth, and thus out of the way of most of the people. At 1330 Low + I went to the beach by the hunting + fishing club, when we had gone with MR 16 Sept (described as "several hundred yds of light horse Punta Raga") Tides had just turned. I saw a flock of over one hundred WR across the Rio Salado line, and along the beach we saw both Fluvialis, 8gptercathurs, 30°-30° W.R., 3-4 budmanian godwit. We could not pass to the large mud flat that we had reached with MR on 16 Sept because the tide was still too high. The great number of people there compelled us to leave. Came due Road along Canal #2, headed west from Gral la Valle, Provincia de Buenos Aires, Argentina We examined the water hole visited 16 Sept by us + MR just 200 yds west of Rte 11. The pond had extended its margins by 75-100'; no shorebirds were present. We then began a census of lapwings and burrowing owls: starting 3 km west of the intersection of Rte 11 and Canal 2, we stopped every 2 km. I counted all teros and burrowing owls present without what?