Field notes, v1442
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LIDICKER 1974 Jul. 12 cont. (1836) - NIL near cl: chicken takes 3 sips at the feeder. Jul. 15 (1820) - pair? brown-kits to feeder for total of 8 visits.- 4 each + 1 to 3 sips at each visit. Jul. 16 (1832) - Pair? brown-kits to feeder - 3 visits in short succession, and then c. Anne H. came in a fed his/twenty. Finally, it left an brown-kit(s) remained trip to feeder, a went 6 hour times for total of 9. Jul. 18 (1035') 50' F., overcast. Two long visits by brown-kit(s), followed by ? Anne & later by ? Anne H. Jul. 19 (11:05') - NIL near 2 feeder boxes by brown-kits Jul. 27 (1836) 12 consecutive visits by a pair (presently?) ? brown-kits. Jul. 28 (1826) - NIL reports brown-kits make 5+ visits to feeder (not sure whether 1 or 2 birds involved) Mar. 1 (0835') overcast. 11+ visits by brown-kit(s) to feeder in rapid succession. Salas kites (probably ? Allen's H.) was in the vicinity & watched feeders, darting in occasionally, & at 1 point took a drink (between cloud visits #9 & 10 ? brown-kits). The S. was worry of the brown-kits and approached cautiously. On two occasions the brown-kit seemed to flee the feeder when the S. zoomed by dark swift away. (0846') - 2 more visits by brown-kit Mar. 2 (1330') - 1 visit by brown-kit to feeder (1332) - 1 visit, 3 sips by w-kit. [mar. 8; 167] Mar. 9 (1210) - 1 brown-kit to empty feeder. After few moments the pair moved to drying toyon branch,