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1.6roth
1985
journal
26
May 18.
ABS, May 18
Measurements of bird 315;
cn 13.0
bird still in striped juvenile bd 8.9
with some green feathers du 5.2
intermittent. Bird "33" wv 7.4
was on her nest -- wt 9.7
one of the three eggs tl 10.3
hatched -- the other two tr 19.3
I cracked open and they wg, 84.9 -#8
did not look like thwy | iw $3.1-13.7
were fertilized. The young baby probably
hatched last Tuesday or Wednesday.
Birds 305 and 273 were removed and
put in small cages to use as decoys
for the trip starting tomorrow. Still
no adult calls heard from 315, although
some possible alarm calls (type?).
May 19 Left today to begin the field trip
planned for Arizona and possibly
elsewhere. I picked up Nat Kelly
and took him to LSB @ 7:00 am.
I then loaded the truck -- had an
accident with the LN2 tank as Bob
Franklin accidentally poured some over
his back -- I then "borrowed" some LN2
from Patton's tank and accidentally poured