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Zonotrichia leucophrys
22.
5 April
Greenhouse Area, West B
1815hrs. Weight 15.3 gm. Prim. 8+ mm.
No feathers have broken thru yet. Sits
quiet on my hand w/o clapping. Head/neck
low + flat. Gaped + squealed once in
my hand.
6 April
0600 hrs. Weight 15.1 gm. Prim. 14mm.
Crouched low when I put the mirror up.
Gave a squeak + then protest notes as I
tried to lift it from nest. Some flank
feathers + a couple back feathers out now.
Also a couple tertiary coverts on each side.
S & E long Prim + Fulton Vert & F
Marked.
17.45 gm. Prim. 13mm.
3+6 Primaries out of sheath. Many locks,
most flank, few least neck feathers out.
Feathers of humerus, secondary coverts out.
Unmarked - 16.4 gm. Prim. .14mm.
2" + 9 1/4" primaries out, 3" barely in all,
fewer feathers out than in other bird. Released
in my hand before weighing.
Marked bird gaped when I replaced unmarked
bird.
Sriole Groundst Bluffs, Nest E
3 eggs today. No 4 incubating while I was
there - probably incomplete clutch.
Barnow lane, opp. S end Adm Bluff
Quiet here when I arrived, but soon a bird
sang toward Bancroft, then flew from that way
to a small tree, sang a few times, went into
lower bushes, then disappeared. I searched
but could find nothing. However
I found a singing bird opp. being part of Adm Bluff.