J.P. Myers 1973 Journal Mouth of Canal #7 into Laguna Mar Chiquita, 22 Km N of Mar Chiquita, Provincia de Buenos Aires, Argentina 15 October cont'd The pectorals were all flying alone. Sun up ~0600. Also saw many Hudsonian godwits, G and L ylegs, golden plovers. All of the birds were on the broad mudflat beyond the mouth. Temp. at dawn was 48°. No wind, no clouds. I returned to camp at 0700. Fled back to marsh at 0815. I hid along the edge in a patch of treetop sedge + watched for an hour. At 0815 20 WR, 10 H godwit, [illegible] tern, ducks, a few golden plover (I scared away a flock of G+L ylegs upon arriving). 5 Km W of Mar de Plata, by road, Provincia de Buenos Aires, Argentina The sea is now buffeting against a low cliff which extends both to the W + South from here. A huge raft of Macaronectes - several hundred birds - is right off shore. Mouth of Canal #7 into Laguna Mar Chiquita, 22 Km N of Mar Chiquita, Provincia Buenos Aires, Argentina ~1830 I returned to the edge of mudflat + hid in the sedge. When came there were: 1 oyster-catcher, 10 terns, ~50 G+L ylegs, 30+ G plovers. By 1845 things were returning. On island ~500 m to the North there were (at 1845) 50 G plovers, 20 WRump, many gulls (of 2 species) + terns. ~1908 Sun set: 31 GP on edge of flat straight out from mouth + 16 WRump. Immediately, in the mouth all 20-30 G+L ylegs + 40 L ylegs, 10 tern, 14 WR about 120 ybs up along shore. ~1916 a large WR flock suddenly burrowed to 75 peeps. 3 W. Philomae. 1921 Jack flew north + out of sight. BN Still came in at that time