JPMyers 1973 Journal Golfo San Jose, ~16 Km N by road from the intersection of Pricial Road #2 and #3, Peninsula Valdés, Río de la Plata, Argentina 22 October shore. There are several of them. They are slopping both side + tail fins against the water, as well as making a loud blowing sound. Rolling over. 55° at dusk 23 October Sun over the hills to our east at 0700. Wind is up, from SW. Warm, thin cirrus clouds covering ~20%, with some cumulus to north. Whales, albatross, and white-cumps offshore. 400+ WR seen, on selenocing and out on mud (tide low but coming in rapidly). 20-2 flocks of 10-5 sanderlings along shore. One Golden Plover!! A few Baridi heard flying. 0930 a flock of WR and sanderlings came in to the area when they flew. The WR were roosting last night. ~150 WR + 40 sanderlings. 1000 looked out from camp, a few geese are always visible flying by. We met a sheepherder this morning, named Sr. Fracaso (sp?), who said we may obtain when we want. Also told us that the name of the Estancia is Augustin Torrejon de Madero — that maybe the name of the owner (our communication was not perfect) or of the Estancia. Fracaso intimated that he or his family (Fracaso's) owned the land, or so I understood. In the middles of the day we went to Roger Payne's base camp approximately five kilometers up the coast to the south. There, Payne was working and not available, but two of his assistants, Chris, a Stonybrook grad student, and Rosa, were there and helpful. In addition, we talked briefly to Payne via radio. He suggested we check out Whale Cove (the spot they call our previous night's campsite), and Playa El Rincón, look south toward Puerto Madryn near Isla de los Pájinos. We then drove on to an elephant seal breeding colony at Punta Norte. The seals are spread along the beach from Punta Norte at least several km south; the colony is not dense, at least when we arrived. Also there are sea lions here as well. We watched a 07 and his hareem, 6+ plus their young of the year. The 07 spent this made many advances to the 98, and we saw at least four copulations. This wound was fresh, with fresh blood. As we left it appeared that