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Contributed by Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, University of California, Berkeley.
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1965
E. Ogema
3 July Barrow, Alaska
general is consistent
When RB-12 was checked - the & sat
The egg until I was only webs away -
then exploded off the nest & went out
a violent destruct-display - with wings out
& side fluttering frame ruffles -
went shuffling off. She would go
about 10' - stop & press herself into
small depression & then bolt back. After
several scenes, she would shuffle
off again. One step - huddle into
depression & off again - dummy alarm
At high-pitcher squeak noise gone.
Finally she sat on the side of polygo -
30' away from me & nest - squealing
still bundled up - while I examine
nest - she flew out - went
a rodent run -
New nest - #14 - nest 10.3' wide with 4 eggs +
8 incubators - where fell off the nest when
I was 20' away. On slope in tall grass -
edge - 15% cover for egg
New nest - #15 - Nest 6.1 - with 4 eggs
me, bird - who didn't flutter until I
were 3' away & then it exploded & went shuff
off - as was clear for the incubator. Next
with a few grass recipe (Erythromycin) - egg ever