Field notes, v506
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Zonotrichia leucophrys 24. 1956 14 May Barrow Lane opp Women's Club West F to replace one after weighing it all the others would ramble and escape. Even the ones last placed did this. No sounds were heard. When accidentally placed on their backs they could not right themselves. They did not hold themselves erect on the balance but laid on their belly w- their heads stretched out. When they crawled they used their wings as "arms" and sort of flopped on all fours. Eyes not open. 15 May West Gate Field S End - I find singing from top of Cedars. Started chipping as soon as I got close. Under Laburnum tree closely found ? and I think 2 young. The young one, first one I saw was frozen , did not move except for blinking while I watched until I started to back away. Then it squawked + flew. Saw another frozen + partly concealed but it flew when I reached for it. A Brown Zombie came and fed these birds (or so). I must have young Zombies. Still the White Rowan stayed in tree chipping as I sat quietly under nest tree. Soal one dropped to the ground followed by the other and it turns out that there 2 I thought was a ? is an almost independent year. following around the adult (only from its singing).