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SP Myers
1974
Journal
63
29 March
contl
Punta Rago, 15 Km N of San Clemente del Tuyu by road, Ptdo de Gual Lavalle, Pcia de Bs. Aires, Argentina
Plovers, Sandpalling, WR's, and Arenaria interpres. The Knob were foraging directly out
from the road on the beach (there were 8). We're [illegible] area in the lagoon described 3188
at the end of our exploration lying along the windward shore. Until 1930 I detected little change in
the general picture, except that 6 falllandians were by then roosting in the roost. We
had been walking up and down the beach, certainly not contributing to the birds' bliss - nor were the
activities of several other humans. Probably as a result, some of the birds, particularly the
Knobs, rightcatchers, plovers - moved out just passed the lagoon, beyond the forces of human activity.
Knobs by that time numbered 14, and I was visiting with a flock of 100+ terns. Between By 1500
the roosting flock had swelled to 90-60 birds, composed of more than 50% falllandians, most if the
rest WR, one Arenaria, and one knob. We sat down by the beach in site of the roost,
watched the birds enter. Some flew directly in, from points beyond view in other directions,
along the shore. However WR's often stopped to forage in the beach in front, and after a variable
interval they flew scurried up the beach. The terrain approached this way, as did a few
falllandians. When I finally collected them were 3 sandpalling down on the beach in front
as well. Typically the approach pattern, if it involved a stop to forage, also entailed a brief
preening bout immediately prior to going to roost. The foraging site was a 10 m wide gently
inclined sand beach which for over 20 min during the rising tide received intermittent shallow
baths as digger waves began to invade the shore. And inland beyond this flat was a pool, less than
2 m wide, 10 m long, where several birds had foraged before the wave began to reach the
gentle slope. I collected 3 WR (125-129).
March
31 April
Tower Llanos, Estancia Medland, 35 Km S of Juancho by road, Ptdo de Naderangos, Pcia de Bs. Aires, Argentina
Rained 30 cm last night
Organized blind in Tower Llanos swamp from 1615 to 2015. I placed the blind within the swamp over
month ago, and have used it sporadically for photography. I moved the blind to its present position 3/26
because that afternoon I had observed numerous Mycophylla in the tiles in that vicinity. The blind
was ~9 m across away from the edge of a tile strip running between higher land and open water. Dawn
across the open water, on a stretch of semi-dried black mud. The water at the base of the tiles appeared to be less
than 2" deep. While waiting in the blind for the swamp to recover from my ride intrusion, I