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C. Cavelow 1967 Journal 24 Vomi St. Fina geminey, Guanacaste, Costa Rica August 1/2 I wouldn't find him. Great disappointment. From a +/- 60 foot dead butt # shot # 128 Her mate which was close to her when I shot her came flying at me & squacked loudly. I did the obvious - shot him w/ a 22 because he was so near. About 100 from the river is a junk field tree # shot # 130 I was feeding & very flighty. I walked to the river & noticed that just every thing was. Looked up in the trees & for about about 8-10 monkeys. (Lesson: don't stand under a tree full of monkeys.) So I started to put my hand on what looked like (from the palms of my eyes) a large tree trunk it moved!! A huge huge Squana. Very startled. Then to my utter amazement I saw about a dozen leguins scamper across the river ON the water. They actually ran on the top of the water. The # 131 and # 132 and #133 were all shot within 100 feet of the river. # 131 & # 133 were flying about like mad around tree trunks. (The two # 132 & # 134 were both shot on the road to the cabin. Both were doing their acrobatic jumps displays.) # 135