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Often days before ashore at 9 or 9:30

Thursday April 10th ashore at 7:30 (up at 6:30 breakfast 7:00) hiked inland to duck ponds in a.m with Banon & Freddie by keeping to right from landing beach kept in fairly flat grass country & missed most of rock river; besides mother & eight young of yesterday, saw a male & female which however I did not photo, did make some iguana shots & several of a Tropidurus. clear, hot & sunny (yesterday up here in shade = 87°) got back to ship at noon.

After lunch it clouded up and began to rain drizzelled off & [[strikethrough]] on [[/strikethrough]]all afternoon & until 6:30 supper, late [[strikethrough]] to [[/strikethrough]] part of rain very heavy. When I came out in a.m. [[Arm?]] told me of ducks nest he'd almost stepped in when he was out. After lunch he showed me place but ducks hopped off nest & remained off whole time we were in vicinity; in rain snapped few pictures of nest; right in grass, lined with dry grass, bits of feather, very exposed yet difficult to see eggs [[?]] cream [[strikeout]] green [[/strikeout]] color