J.A. Myers [1973] Journal 5 Km W of Balía San Blas by road, Provincia de Buenos Aires, Argentina. 20 October cont'd The road to San Blas from José B. Cares crosses a tidal channel + mud area just before reaching San Blas. We camped to the south of the road, ~100 yds from the bridge. Along the tidal flat all during the afternoon and evening we I counted ~50-100 W ramp, 3 or 4 oystercatchers, 15 [illegible] gulls, 3-4 Ylegs, and about 10 golden Plovers (!). Also 4-5 tern-terns. The W ramp appeared only after the tide was almost completely out, as foraged in a basin that, with the tide solely, contained only a thin ribbon of water, with 30 ft mud on each bank. At dusk a thunderstorm moved in, and it rained an incredible amount, [illegible] soaking some of our gear thoroughly. 21 October Very low cloud cover, strong [illegible] wind. W ramps were foraging on the sand flat at 0730. We are still recovering from the previous night's waking. As it looked as if it was going to rain, and there was some doubt about the permeability of the road anyway, we left immediately. Viedma, Provincia de Rio Negro to Puerto Madryn, Provincia de Chubut, Argentina, Route #3. Though not at all remarkable because of the vegetation, we saw no shorebirds for this stretch of road, several hundred kilometers. West South of Viedma you enter a rolling country covered with yerba low scrub. By the time you are in Chubut the vegetation looks very much like a Mojave desert - [illegible] flora. Very few birds - some flocking flocks of finches, a bluebird-like bird, and a few turkey vultures. Golfo San Jose, ~16 Km N by road from intersection of Provincial Routes 2 and 3, Peninsula Valdés, Provincia de Chubut, Argentina 22 October We tried to find Roger Payne's study belt but wound up in a cove several Km W of the main road and 1 or 2 Km SW of Pague (we think). In order to get here we took a dirt road leading to the left from the main road ~15 km from the inter- section of routes 2 and 3, following the dirt road until it hit Golfo San Jose.