El Salvador field notes, v4515
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162 were just starting when we were there before. An old nest and young birds were all that was found. Many shorebird migrants were present such as Willets, Spotted Sandpipers, Least Sandpipers and Westerns, as well as a plover. I have a lunch in the eastern piping plover. It is not semipalmated but looks somewhat the same except for the neck rings. They were feeding back from the lagoon into the green grass and stand areas. Their note was much like a Spotted Sandpiper. We tried catching some gulls but didn't have the right equipment although we tried fruitlessly to catch them. As before at this spot we noted the large proportion of jet black Smalls Tringals. No Boobies are about. One Caracara was seen and a