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Motacilla flava
9 July Meade River Coal Mine, (57°25'40", 78°28'N), Dawn
before I took off feeding. They had water
there foraging within 30 metres of the nest.
Flushed one young from along the creek: Zita.
Evidently the birds near the spot where
Lake Agassiz empties were a separate pair.
10 July Sh/1 scolding near camp and by the village.
Young in the nest yet.
11 July When I went by the coal mine, 2 adults
and a young got up. There were young got up
and eventually 2 adults + 5 young were flying
overhead and scolding before wood. They
are wide spread. Their young usually fresh
from wet areas, and are noticeably stubby
tailed. The yard by camp still going actively,
the parents scolding all aways. They seem
to become more and more j.they as incubation
progresses. There are at least 6 young in the nest
(7 hatched). Skinned one more. Both parents fed.
12 July Sh/1 feeding young in the nest by camp.
When I looked in the evening, the adults were
off + the young huddled up together, this
back to the outside of the creek. Both parents back
13 July Still feeding young by camp by 9:30.
When I got back about 12:30 the young were
gone (one egg in the nest) and there was
no sign of any of the birds. Still 3-4 young
by the coal mine.