T. Code 1959 27 May Aries acuta cant flying to round the mouth of the river rather high in the air- ca 200-300 feet. Two were drakes and one a hen. The hen kept up a constant squeaking as she flew. She was followed closer in flight by one drake, the drake seeming to mimic her movements almost exactly, a little to one side and behind her. The other drake trailed a few feet behind these two. Just before they passed over me, another drake suddenly arose from the top of a cargo ship's mast and flew almost straight up to join the flight of the three passing over. As the group passed on toward the lagoon, another and then another drake suddenly rose straight off the ground to join the flying level. It was impressed by how vertically they could rise without circling. The six birds then willed around in the air over the lagoon, the ducks squeaking incessantly all the while. Two more birds (drakes?) got up from the lagoon