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LLWOLF
1964
July 8
Hemophilus bosteric
Laguna Atascosa Refuge, Cameron Co., Texas
adult from #1 flew over to #4 (it was ?- see later) & then
up & into net. ? in #3 carrying grasshoppers dropped down
to just above grass level then worked back up, down & up again &
? still on nest. ? over to #1 where moved over to a side -
clepped softly. ? finally came off nest after 14 minutes on
flew to #4 then to W side of #1 when began chipping & giving
version of continuous song. ? has disappeared - possibly to nest
but more likely she ate food she was carrying & is out foraging.
1203- ? still in #1 singing when I left area.
1530- returned to area of watching this morning. Walked out to nest to
photograph. fledged from nest when I was about 5 feet away.
flew to SW to perch #6 where sat chipping then to #2 & #1
? 1540- still chipping from perch #1. Nest is now receiving
sunlight most directly as nest faces to SW. Mostly shaded by
overhanging grasses, but this becomes ineffective as sun sinks
toward horizon. Nest - of grasses lining of fine grasses. almost
as exterior at back where built into clump of grasses. front has
loosly exterior to anchor & support it as bulk of underlying live
gresses drop to ground. Single young is about as described in 8/25 but
ventral tract feathers partly unsheathed & show color. young defecated
as I lifted it from nest.
1549- adult (prob. ?) back onto nest & silent. ? heard singing part of
continuous song but unable to locate him. Silent after I moved.