JP Myers 1973 Journal Estancia Mieland, 35 km S of Juanico by road, Provincia de Buenos Aires, Argentina. 23 November cont'd the livestock have had a very pronounced effect upon shorebird habitat here: along the edge of the pond much of it is heavily trampled by cattle—producing a wallked effect. I [illegible] had the impression that the Pekabola stayed out of this "formation". On the upland habitat the cormorant is a very obvious feature of the microtopography —and pretty much only use for buffle and godwits. I have seen both species perched on and in the lee of crupians. I have seen buffle feeding from them (and Australian godwits). It is also possible that individual crupians serve as local landmarks. [illegible]. From these ponds we drove out the dirt road toward the main farmhouse—6 km from Rte 12. It is much drier now than last month (October). None of the puddles by the road this way where I collected Pekabola from have any more water, and even the swamp lagoon 5 km in have noticeably less water. At Arroyo Chico is also lower; then, [illegible] [illegible] crossing the bridge, we found Ylap, WR, Hardwitz along the mudshore. There was a small flock of buffles by the bridge, but none just across it, but more further on than there had been last month. B rhea among cattle. Maguari storks, coscoroba swans, many shorebirds (mainly Ylap + WR), ducks, common stilts in the lagoon. We turned around and came back to pick up the bridge, driving off the road—to the N ~ 50 m. By this time it was 4pm. An immense and very dark storm had been coming rapidly from the SE, borne by strong winds. There we passed the rain in the car—the buffles and godwits that had been in the field when it hit disappeared—they did not leave when the wind augmented but only after the hard driving rain abated. But before the rain had stopped (although it did lessen in intensity—a sign of daylight) birds were back foraging around the car. Despite the fact that more rain appeared imminent and that to both E and W from us it was still coming down heavy (cumulus clouds) [illegible] [illegible] NWW We decided to walk with the wind along Arroyo Chico to the N. The arroyo winds meanders in a NW direction, having cut a swale (~50 yd), a shallow (10") channel through the flat lands. It appears that in some places a ditch has been worked on—for there are piles of dirt—providing the only upward relief [illegible] in the area. On the land side of the bank are often depressions, some of which have stands of the woody plant described earlier today, suggesting that it is occasionally underwater. Most of the land is short grass [illegible], with thrift of varying density. There are a few plowed fields, some with last year's stubble, one done quite recently. No trees—except for those