forth and eyeing the bird. He walked quickly a little way down the hill & on the other side of the ridge. Soon appeared to regain confidence, pecking at food sporadically, and moved uphill again. He was watching the blind, and when he got high enough seemed disturbed by what he saw. I think he probably could see my feet from that curse. I'd climbed on a rock, and necks outstretched, watched the bird carefully for a while. Then off he hopped & walked rapidly down into the gully above the nest about 20 yds. I saw no more activity for about 5 minutes, so went down to the nest to see if there was still a bird on it. There was, and to me it looked like a female. The hill was long and curved, and she seemed to fill up the nest more than other birds in the same space. At the time I was looking at the nest, the bird up the gully started jigging again and he kept it up for quite a while as I walked away. No further activity seen. Other possibilities: 1) Two males on one nest 2) Another nest in vicinity P.S. Peggy is sceptical of my ability to tell what sex the one a nest was. March 26 Reports on nest #1: About 7 PM Peggy went up and found a bird on the nest. Squirted it with purple dye & left. At 8:30 Mary & Peggy went up to the nest and the bird was off it. She... The bird