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ZIEGLER
1956
FORSTER'S TERN, (STEGNA FORSTERI)
APR 7 BAY FROM ISLAND, ANSONCO CO, CONN.
11:35am 2 FLYING OUT IN BAY
BOTH HOVERED 20 FT OR SO OVER
WATER THEN (OR FLOW JUST ENOUGH
to keep them stationary in the wind)
THEN STOPPED FLAPPING AND DROPPED TO WATER.
11:40 ONLY 3 MORE & ONE FOR
GIVING SHREE - SHREE - SHREE CALLS
AFTER DIVE BIRD FLOWS SLOWLY
UP FROM WATER AGAIN TO HOVER
MORE, ON WATER NOW IT SEEMS
OR SO.
APR 21 9:35am - 3 FLYING OVER SOME
MARSH CALLING "PIT CHUTER"
SORT OF HIGH NASAL QUALITY,
PIT. CHUTER
- — ALSO FEW MINUTES
WATER HEARD
ONE GIVE A HARSH NOTE ABOUT
SAME QUALITY AS CAPTIONS BUT
NOT BROKEN IN MIDDLE - KEEPER
SLOWLY DESCENDING KEEPER
GIVEN 2 OR 3 TIMES ABOUT A SECOND
APART.