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Transcription
1970
Pipilo fuscus
Bubly, Calf.
7 March Both members of pair removed at a.m.
Thale adult; ? (st-year)
8 March One member of pair moved to field line between Canyon & rus; called, returned to X with heart & its own territory.
10 March Regular calling on territory.
16 March Pair present, but quiet, in past work. Ovidulent's defrozed. Put out traps.
17 March Both members of pair caught. ? (test 3mm) & ? (ova <1mm) with lst-yrs.
After ? was caught, [illegible] and removed from trap, an minute immediately following, ? chased aggressively a Fowler from the S (minute of bell house on occupied territory). ? then caught within 10 minutes.
19 March By now birds for X territory coming in fruitfully & hesitantly, but regularly trying & calling regularly.
22 March Both members of X pair come to house gutter & perch trees tentatively & call - regularly - not coming down to ground.
24 March ? (st-year) trapped - from neighboring pair to N. Ovary with ova up to 3mm.