Mothercarrots (cont.) of dummy, possibly as a result of his continued calling she doubled back toward him; then again toward dummy, then finally back to red bird and joined him. He was still preening and paid little attention to her as she hunkered around him, nearly a few feet away. She frequently squatted for 5 or 10 seconds within a few feet of him, usually facing him. The squattering frequently covered a run of several feet. He usually ignored her, although once he postured by fluffing his feathers. After 2 to 5 minutes of this joining by the F, he started feeding up the ridge. She followed closely, squattering loudly frequently and clamoring for attention. After a few minutes a turdman approached them from uphill. The F soon spotted it and gave chase. The uphill one finally flew (with squealings) and landed 20 or 30 yds away, whereupon the F returned to the red B. The B clucked immediately postured, first back towards her, then tail; she squatted, and he climbed on as we have seen on other occasions. Because of his red point it was easy to keep them straight. He stood erect, facing somedivator as she, occasionally twisting, which may perhaps be as much attempts to keep his balance when she moved. After about During this time there was no possible closeal contact. After about 1 minute, there was shuffling during which his rump was bent down over her and there may have been closeal contact lasting about 1 second. He returned to preening and feeding while she resumed squalling for