El Salvador field notes, v4515
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26 a nest in a low tree by the roadside. It was like a Cactus Wren's nest. In a small lagoon we saw our first Jacana. They certainly are richly colored with the bright yellow beak and chocolate back. They are very striking in flight, the yellow patch flashing and making the bird look like a large grasshopper or the like. The gable was like that of a shore bird. We saw many Zebra doves and several Ground doves. Also a small finch that I could not see well enough to describe. In the Plaza there were many Martins flying about. All seemed to have white breasts. Either they were all fynals or another species of Martin. The back was grayish blue - but all birds seemed much alike. They were nesting in the Church by the plaza. One must had four young sitting out near the edge of the hole, ready to fly. No Gulls or Caiacaras were seen here either.