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JPMyers
1943
Journal
Trans-chaco road, Km 465 - 300 NW of Villa Hayes by Dept
Bogueron, Paraguay 1pm
Sept 3
contd
at km 365, a few hundred meters from where
I had collected a solitary on Sept 7. They were not feeding,
perched but just sitting on the mud a few feet
inches Got 2 w/one shot. The area around 365 was
a large (at least 1km in diameter) open field with
water visible only by road. Saw several small
groups of other birds flying nearby. Continued on to
Km 320 where we turned in to Juan Zalazar to
look at some ponds Wayne had said had birds. Less than
1 km from trans chaco (south toward headquarters) The
driveway goes between to large medium sized ponds,
bounded by mud + dried mud, ~200' long + 100'
deep with more water on the other side of the dried
flat mud (~200' acres), the other pond bordered
by vegetation. On the former pond it's muddy and spew)
over onto the pond behind (east) of it, was a
stock of 17 golden plovers + 2 or 3 small semi-palm-
like plover (positive ID pending collection). Watched for a
few minutes + saw about to collect when 2 buff-
brained sandpipers flew into the edge of the pond.
Collected both of them. [illegible]
Returned to line camp + spent evening stuffing birds (0130)
Evening was even warmer than the previous night, with
insects remaining active throughout.