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LWOLF
1964
28
Aimophila botterii
July 10 Laguna Atascosa Wildlife Refuge, Cameron Co., Texas
1026 - flies toward road + lands in weeds along ditch (12-16" high).
Then drops to ground - shit chipping.
1029 - adult prob. saw one into hackberry with green sutherran.
Nest # 2 yy ID: 80 x 50 deep OD /30 x 100 mm
" " I empty 70 x 60 deep x 60 deep 1/3 - B 356 Fm-Fa
" " 2 empty 75 x 75 x 15 " <OD/OS F=30 front
Young in nest # 1 - gone; parents chipping nearby so
presumably left of own accord.
Collected on from 8 - young bird of different sizes one
much younger than other (or smaller). feathers (flight) sprouting
from sheaths on older. Sheaths only about 1/2 gone on younger.
nest # 2 - egg + young gone - mob. predators, adults not
evident while we measured nest.
nest # 8 - on ground in slight depression in area of
crab grass. placed near apex but under longest grasses
of gooseyana
within 3 feet. faced to NW. Sun shining on it at 1430.
Fair, NW Port Isabel, Cameron Co., Texas
Clear Airport Egg size all measurements
ID 60 x 70 deep 1 21 x 16 in mm.
OD 90 2 21 x 17
3 21.5 x 16
45 2/3 ground 4 21.5 16.5