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Hobbs, R.
1961
3.
Enolia bairdi
8 June Banns, Alaska
could be seen + rained his wing - wheel was
away from the & (in a amplit foster).
They not took flight, but due to contour
factors I was not able to tell who we
observing who.
So apparently nests are made t from my
General impression, The & to the one who
holds in other part in construction. It
is most likely that the site had already been
picked that the causal settling which I
saw was not the initial discovery.
Bairds were also chucked near ATCS. Several
pairs seemed to be present with considerable
chasing going on. In one case, 2 BB were
off the &. There was actual physical
contact observed, where the birds lowered
their heads, pulled their necks in + charged,
this resulting in a shuffling fight with wing
beating against each other - sand and like.
The & stood by all this + finally put off
went flying off from a distance close on
Bulundre. Later - I went up to -
partial courtship where he cocked his
tail, flaked 1 very away from the &, +
he followed behind he was but
wings held at a 30° with the horizontal.
Believe wings held at about a 10° above