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J.P. Myers
1974
Journal
(22.17) Estancia Medaland, 35 km S of Juancho by road, Atio de Macharaga, Pcia. de Buenos Aires, Argentina
8 October
cont'd
actually lying just along the far edge of the wide Spartina strip (which defines the wedge of last
night's roost). Upon arriving, I tramped about in the vicinity for ~0.75 hours in order to find the
most likely roosting areas.
[diagram with labels: Spartina, short swamp grass, bunchgrass, tole, small palms, car, North, ~300m, 100m of Spartina, roost area observed! 4 October (seasonal flushing accent)]
The above diagram presents the distribution of vegetation/habitat types in the area.
there is a very obvious polarity in a NE-75° direction; it continues for km's on
both side of the diagram. We parked in the NW most part of the 2nd Spartina
patch, S of the fence. I walked to the open, short swamp grass area near the
car, and through several hundred m of tole to the NE. No Nycticephalus, but
one Polyborus roost (see next accent). The obvious candidates for roosting were
the 2 open areas lying on either side of the fence, the SW one being a beautiful
green swamp of grass <6" high, heavily trampled by cattle with water filling the
holes and occasionally forming small open puddles, and the NE one being