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nest. Three $Bxaxx young in it, one quite small (distance 3-1/2 feet photo) 
(maybe I can work size out from that, or from leaves of mangrove), one middle 
size, but more nearer largest than smallest bird were a quite pea green. 
Parent heron did not come back whole time, I had to take first photos while 
sun was under cloud. Wanting to see time, I wandered up beach to pinnacles 
but found nobody and as sun had meanwhile come back bright and strong, I 
rushed back for another shot at heron nest* While first wandering around 
I took pictures of little flock of duck that kept swinging to and fro without 
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much concern. May have been mostly if not all half grown young from one 
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litter. 
All told, in islands I’ve seen maybe 24 pintails, not counting 
babies, 4 adult on lakes on middle Swymour, 3 on far lakes, and ma^be 
15-16 + on lagoon at James. 
Meanwhile at Villamil Dr. Douglas tells me that natives tell him 
of great number of ducks on lagoon back of town at certain seasons. 
Picking speaks of migratory blue win(| teal; 1 contend all pintail and 
not teal here (who is right/. 
I have not seen a single flamingo this trip, but on canvassing around 
find reports of about 2 (Barron saw 2 in flight). Where can they all be? 
aken. Captain sent launch for 
me and we went down coast to east or northwast looking for Oscar the pet 
seal, mu now on his fourth escape. We went quite a ways to eastward, hills 
got scrubby and impenetrable, looking like north side of Indefatigable. 
Went as far as we dared in time we had; got rained on a little, but and as 
we were approaching ship had flashed to us (by Morse code with light) that 
Oscar had returned first sxkx time over side man in charge jumped after him 
and he swam back into his arms. 
