JPN Myers 1973 Journal 29 laguana has three Grandes on Rio Salado at Puente Romero, ~27 Km SW of San Miguel del Monte, Partido del Monte, Pcia de Buenos Aires, Argentina Sept 15 cont'd further than I expected. M Runnoll says that lapwings are breeding from July on to November; we have seen snail kites today carrying nesting material, corondoro pygmy engaged in flight song, and found vultures horned and partially built. One overwhelming feature of pampa bird life is the density of barnswings owls. I shall have to make calculations - but in a good field there might be 3 or 4 visible along 100 yds of roadway + less than 100 yds trade. And good fields are common. Two-to's - the lapwings - are also extraordinarily frequent, + a calculation must be made. Over thing, Lago San Lorenzo ~15 Km W of Castelli by road Sept 16 We have stopped by the road on our way from a campsite about 30 km W of here toward Goal La Valle where MR's family has an instancia. Last night the strong NE wind stopped and it cleared over almost completely. At dawn there was very little clear sky visible (<5%). No wind. Warm - in mid 50's the road here goes close to the S end of the marsh (it is the old road - dirt + little sized), going over a spit of water which has a marsh about it. Clouds are starting to break up at 08:00 + a slight SSE wind. Many shorebirds are flying over toward the South: Piedral, wR, Bards, Siltspiper, Y-legs, Hooded, goldenplover. We stayed at this spot for 30 minutes, leaving at 0817. I may be mistaking some of the