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Melopsitta melach
7 April
Stream S of LS3, Nest 2.
Bird when in balance box sat on just his feet.
Other bird still sits on [illegible] whole tarsus. Both
birds sat on edge of nest after being replaced.
1800hrs
Rt. 16.8 gm. Prim. 26mm, out 6mm.
All prim. out about same. Rectrices cut
3 mm. All out but a few on part of
head by bill.
Left. 16.0 gm. Prim. 27mm, at 2-6mm.
8th Prim. badly out of sheath. Fewer head
feathers out than on other bird. This one
left the nest hopped several feet away on
ground when I took other one out of nest.
Both zaped in hand but were quiet in
hand + or balance.
8 April
0630 Right. 15.4 gm. Prim. 27.
Crown stripe shows light on dark crown.
Streakings show on upper breast. Jumped
from my hand with loud notes but I
retrieved him. Defecated in the process (He).
Left. 14.2. Fewer forehead feathers out
than on other. Stripe on head hardly
shows. Defecated before weighing.
Put both birds in nest together but
don't know how long they'll stay.
Ntl Long Mar Fox Club
Nest found box 5 Apr is empty yet. Dead leaves
in bottom probably indicate it is an old one.
Still a singing bird close by.