Argentina field notes, v1505
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JPM Myers 1973 Journal Lago San Lorenzo, ~15 km W of Castelli by road, Provincia Buenos Aires, Argentina Sept/16 cont'd Skinde which I called Stilt Spipers which were actually Yllep for Stilt Spipers (I am taking data from tape) but with that in mind the numbers of flying birds over that pt are interesting : approx Stilt spipers (for Yllep) - 1+3+4+10+5+10+4+4=51 banded-white rumped - 20+20+3+6+5 =54 precreal Hogshuit -15 =15 G-plower -1+2 =3 Wilson ph -10 =10 fallinays 1 =1 the water over which the bridge passes at this point F136 is a spit coming off of Lago San Lorenzo, a lake whose main body lies to the N of the road. To the South it extends in a much narrower channel, with small borders of marsh quickly ending in typical Pampas grasslands. The marsh-lake to the north has on it both species of swan (the b-mixed are w/young, Arowan several ducks, at least 3 icterids, etc. See the list given Sept 17, as it includes birds seen today in summary form. by road ~10 km W of Castelli, Provincia Buenos Aires, Argentina. We have stopped by the road in order to look at flights of golden plovers passing over. See G-P. species accent for numerical data - the site is amidst plowed+grazed fields.