J.P. Myers 1973 Journal 59 Punta Norte, Peninsula Valdés, [illegible], Argentina 23 October cont'd another 8", also with fresh scars, was approaching (it would advance several yards and then lie very low and close to the beach, then narrow as if to check on the reaction of the Pinti, the harum, who was sleeping) Many Macaroni's cruised up and down the beach. Sheathbills!! were foraging among the sea lions on the shore, and out on an exposed rocky intertidal area. We saw 15 altogether. Many Dypteryx catchers. I Baird's sandpiper head flying over. At least 30 WR flew by to the north after the tide was well on its way in. Five stopped to forage on the rocky intertidal area where sheathbills and dypteryx catchers had been. Kelp gulls. Undeciphered terns. On the way west from Payne's we saw several Lesser Rhea, two solitary and 3 in a group; One Guanaco. Several palagonian rails. Also something that looked like a Rhinocryptid - a castor-when sized bird, mostly brownish with rufous under the tail, a pronounced eye-strip. We found a group in the scrub. They did not fly except to get or leap off low bushes. Ran with tail erect. 24 October Punta Norte, [illegible] to Caleta Valdés, Peninsula Valdés, Provincia de Chubut, Argentina We spent the early morning hours photographing along the pebble beach near camp. About 100 yards from shore the ground becomes entirely pebbly, with a few stands of vegetation - beneath a mixture of dirt and pebbles - spaced out along the western inland edge of the pebble strip. The strip itself is divided into a series of bands of different sized pebbles, the smallest being about 3/8" in diameter and the large ones being up to two inches. The strip alternates from one pebble band to another as the strip undergoes a series of undulations after leaving the very steep wave-washed tidal edge. Along the tidal edge, it must be 40-50' high, an spread of sea lions, sea elephants, and septercatchers. Macaroni's were cruising overhead. Out to sea, just past the breakers, were southern right whales. Later in the morning we shipped about 3km down the boat for an hour, and 6 pairs of adult