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JPMycs
1973
Journal
Tower
Alleged Allos Llano, Estancia Wedelarad, 35 Km S of Junincho by road, Pcia de Buenos Aires,
Argentina
28 November
contd
by fields of taller bunchgrass which continue in eastward, encircling within a kuror
so the branch edge (?) dulatati in which we camp, near our campsite. We drove
around the periphery of the Llanos, looking for bufffios and goldeners. Thymo they, ingenuity.
the can sparrowed bufffio at the rate of 3750 baril every 100 yds or so, [illegible] and
golden commutat more frequently. Also, Rhea, [illegible], Pseudoleiota, Molothrus, Vanellus,
Sicalio, Milvago, cows, and horses. I found a place suitable for the prime buffy
grid, work value, with a tower; I can not only see two areas where there
were numbers of bufffies, but also behind the tower to have a [illegible] into flu
Arroyo; i.e. a cwr site. The wind continued from the W all morning and into the
afternoon, but no rain, [illegible] little cloudcover, but the temperature was warm, 65-70.
We tried a new approach to buffy spotting - a side on the roof while Lois drives. Yesterday we had
done this using the blind on the roof, and it appeared to work fairly well except for the
limited vision. Today, without a blind, the birds spooked, but it was difficult to [illegible] tell
how much of their apochenies was a result of our being exposed on the roof.
Rte 11 Pond, Estancia Wedelarad, 35 Km S of Junincho by road, Pcia de B.A. Argentina
Rte 11 Pond is the pond lying beside + to the Say Farmhouse road, less than 500 m
E of Rte 11. We came here after the above expedition in order to look for Pectorals, and to see if
this area warranted griddling - there were, and it does (per ap. accent). We also saw
spoonbills, C+L Yeggs, WR, Vanella, Stiff, spipers, G plowers, and smaller flying.
On the way back to camp, between Rte 11 pond and Arroyo Chico Bridge, I collected
2 bufffio (043, [illegible]), one golden plover (045) and 2 Pectorals (046,047). The
bufffio and golden were from the short green fields along the road. The pectorals
were in the Arroyo at the bridge with several g Yeggs and 3 Wilson's phalaropes. These
were at least five more Pectorals here (see ap. accent). Past the Arroyo Chico
Bridge, about halfway to the farmhouse, were the 2 rhea - they are frequently there.
By this time it was 1700 hrs. Spent the rest of the day collecting a take from a damo supply.