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DuVal,
E. H.
2007
Journal
Isla Boca Brava, Chiriqui, Panama
flew away with no problems.
We split up to stake out nests & do one observation each in the afternoon. I was at Bee Tree, which I really think we should try watching at all perches simultaneously - the birds just move perches when observed.
I found one new nest under construction, & noticed that E-3 was completely unattached on one side, leaving the 12-day old baby JUST about to fall [illegible] out. Against my evolutionary upbringing, I reinforced the nest with guy line so that it would hold the baby until fledging (after all, I may have weakened the spiderwebs supports as I scooped out the baby to take blood...).
While staking out nest E-2, which now has 2 chicks, I saw a male black-hooded oriole perched a few feet above the nest. He cocked his head several times, looking at the nest, and was flying down to a lower perch by the nest when a female manakin mobbed him and drove him away. It's