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Boeff
1964
7
Flores mason, &l 4800 ft. Chihuahua mex.
April 24 (cont)
Birds seen
Blue heron - 1
Green heron - 1 collected
Coot - 2 in pool or creek
Mexican Duck - 10
Mallard & This drake was with 8
mexican ducks. On the ground and in
the air it stayed close to a F. Diaz duck.
Blue-winged teal - 2, 7.
Green-winged Teal - 6
Shoveller - 3
Buzzard - 4 along the road enroute
Swamsons Hawk - 3 along the road en route
Harris Hawk - 1 feeding on road killed
Jack rabbit.
Sparrow Hawk - 2 along this road
Scoled quail - pair
Killdeer - 4
Spotted sandpiper - 1
Mourning dove - Abundant at Ojo
Layuma ad at Flores. Some are
cooing and displaying but most are
in flocks and appear to be
migrants. I killed 4 at one shot for
the pot. The three F showed enlarged
testes, the ova of the F appeared dormant all