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T. Lyons 1939
Turnstone
Pg 2
Sept 2, Airport, AM. Quick, definite, jerked
movements, head bobbed very definitely &
mechanically
Sept 12 Wake AM-PM, 25 birds from
Wilber-Wake Channel to Southern tip
of wake + 5 birds from S tip to
Wake Peel channel, as many as 12 in
on flock, mixed with Tattler.
each species seemed to regard the number
of the opposite other species the same
as members of its own species.
Nov 10 Peal - feed on Bermuda grass lawn
regularly. saw first female, 2, no white
or upper parts, [illegible] the brown was lighter
& more uniform in color (as if some yellow ochre
added)
Nov-19 - Wake, not as many birds seen
on west shore of Wake (65% about)
as many seen on South east shore.
Head on view showing flat bottom -
dorso-ventral compressed effect
much wider than deep
March 15 Compound - couple feeding on dry lawn
April 2 - see Tattler for April 2
June 4 - Peal, one on sand flat between
Sand spit & Wake Channel
Aug 23 within the past month a few