Year
Unknown
Image from the Biodiversity Heritage Library.
Contributed by Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, University of California, Berkeley.
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stopped when the bird got about 20 yds. from
the nest. I didn't really see it make the
sound, although it probably was the same bird
I was watching. No more fipping after bird was
on nest.
MK came up at 10:30. At 11:15 the bird
(female) walked uphill behind nest & down the
gully. Last seen about 150 yds away. At
12:25 a bird appeared I probably came up the
gully on bird side 1/4 couple yards below
a little
the nest in the gully. Piping down gully about 1:20.
AKP looked at 1:30. Bird easily visible on nest
in afternoon light. Could see it preen, turned about
a little on the nest, mouth open I saw was
directly on the bird 1x. Nothing else, no fipping -> 3:30.
O.P. sat from 3:30 to dark. Bird left 4 o'clock.
Piping not from nest for 5 minutes before bird left.
Piping stopped soon after bird left nest. Bird fed
about 200 yds down gully, same slope as the
blind. At 5:35 came at [illegible] feet pace back
to nest.
March 8 at 7:40 bird left nest, walked to top
of first ridge, flew 100 yd. across canyon
and lit on lower part of slope in grass,
preened for 10 minutes, then started
feeding among grass clumps. Red color
very conspicuous when left side toward
me. Before and after bird left nest