Field notes, v1345
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R.B. Hamilton 1967 found Trip Tran Pt - 3 Km SE of Bayou St. Dept. Pierce, Pete, Elk, 100' July 27 at Bayou P., after this had met down to check his traps and the rest of us went down to load to prepare specimens that we caught yesterday for skinning. Because there were so many in our trapping area, we gathered quite a flush of birds in our neighborhood. However, most of them were not coming close enough so their songs or form was clear; we frequently were surrounded by scrapes. After we left most of these scrapes were picked up by another. Serapge states on Cat 700-105-2032 Cat came back about 10:30 and we got ready to leave. Before leaving we made last attempt to collect Home Sparrow Passer domesticus from our hut, but we were unable to do so. A tub of well arms had before leaving as saw 7 Marshing Tattler Heteroscelis incanus plus the other birds that were average here. We left at 11:30. About 12:00 we arrived at Virilla Lagoon on the way there only find no one was Piezorhinus ciseres, Mimus longicaudatus and Butorides virescens. The water was higher at Virilla lagoon and this area shorebirds in good numbers of sandpipers. We shot a Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus but missed. Dotterel Limnodromus sp. saw an American snipe Gallinago delicata, plovers, Charadrius semipalmatus and Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii; then saw many birds to N but we did not stop to identify any. About 13:15 we arrive at little town of Bedenka along stream to E of town down about 4 fathoms Himantopus himantopus Snowy Egret Egretta thula was close present here. 1 Km N of town we stopped in an agricultural area with large trees around; the fields are dense stands of grasses and other borders. Here there were many birds in evidence. For Bay, Ford and I took turns with the gun and collected several birds.