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Maclean
1969
C. bairdi
3.
16 June) every piece of upland turnera in the area.
Collected 1 - not seen displaying:
SN # 1041.
17 June a number of 867 displaying and
chasing in groups in the Drum area -
they act like unpaired birds. Others
are paired and probably laying. 1 bird
kept sitting in an empty nest cup. There
our number puvilla in the Drum area ca.
4:1.
19 June found 2 4-egg nests today - 1 in the
Slo village cemetery, 20 m. North of the
grave of Sam Hopson (1903-1927); 1 south
of South Salt lagoon. there are others
To be found there.
20 June A rare find: Tom Schwann found a
1-egg nest just west of the gasoline, west
of Gasoline Rippe. there is another pair
c.a. 100 m. west of these.
a 3-egg nest by stake III 9.2 of line
III B, found last night, still has 3 eggs.
Tom Schwann found 2 3-egg nests
in the Drum Area, wot pole 8 and east of
pole 12 (20 m. south of where bird was in
empty cup on 17 June).
21 June the 1-egg nest is empty; the III-B
nest is still 3 eggs, and probably done.
Went into Drum Area - both nests now