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Holmes, R
1960
Branta nigricans
3.
13 july Barrow, Alaska
To side (see maker's movies for definite). The ? would stand erect + the
love his head slightly + run
<for feet, stand erect again, etc..
After about 5 minutes / movie +
Picture taking, the birds had moved
about 20 yards. The nest was
located on a small mound 35
feet from the old nest. The
egg had been laid in a depression
where down mixed with grass
formed the nest. — Another nest
was located just so. 1 Bokgak
Slough between old nest
#6 + #12. This any hood eggs when
seen just pipping (4 had already
hatched, 1 hatched while we were
there, and I was pipping). The
nest was about 25 years from the
slough + again was in a depression
on a small mound area. The
? was a true nest when first seen,
but flushed quickly + flew
so-100 yards away. She did a fan
The Distracting Display, but it was
not a violent one close to the nest
on the first sea. It stopped after min.