Field notes, v1516
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no piping. He showed no restlessness until about 4:30, and after that he did considerable shifting of his head. Once stood up on the nest but sat down again without looking down. At 5:15, as the sun was setting on the nest, he left the nest, first pecking at the eggs. I thought the [illegible] was probably arranging feathers. He seemed very reluctant to leave, altho obviously hungry. He even took a peck or two from nest before he climbed off. I waited until he was out of sight & went to look at the nest. One egg, on top of the others, had a hole about 3 mm diameter in it & I saw motion inside. Two other eggs had pip-marks where the shell was cracking, and the other two I didn't get a good look at. The top egg was pretty much covered by the wind. Much wind from 4 PM on. No piping. Red bird went furtively & nervously down gully when he left nest. March 18 - Up at nest #1 at 7 AM. Bird on nest. Some piping down gully as I approached while but it stopped. Red bird got restless about 8, left the nest at 8:30? Went up the ridge, disappeared into second gully. When it was out of sight I went down to nest. One egg still on