Alaska species accounts, part 2, v4221
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Helmes, R. 1962 Erobia fusciocellis 24 June Banov, Alaska It stood up, stepped out / No cup + fl ew up directly to about 30' - floo k down seven in pony- zee - 5 who nu- on ground - glided off, landing 50' away. The length of time spent - in the cup was ~6 minutes. The apparent size The 5? No sounds were made when the bird was in the cup. 27 June I heard displaying - 2 basses - a fleet of 5? Beeford Sby flew over the south end of the Skrovil Plot. The next -cup display are we shutted. The cup was about 2½ inches indeterminate + 1½" deep- with flush, dug-out bottom - with a few feet of dry grass laying across it (on the floor of cup). 2 July One display - as a group of 4 flocking Beetles flew over south end / Skrovil Plot - by flying behind Drii Hold for 5-10 sec- giving the pony- zee. Late 2 more brief aerial displays were heard west of 21.0 - near the lake + near the site / the previously direct nest-cup display. The call note / this time is a deeper, not so high pitched son as heard in earlier years. It perhaps can be characterized as a deep, pung- zha, pung- zha, ... given < sequence 18 - 20 times.