Banks 1957 Melopiza melodia 14. 9 April S of Naval Research Nest X Left 10.8 gm Prim 12 mm Gaped stretched away up in nest gave protect notes when taken from nest. Some secondary coverts have barely broken thru otherwise no different from last night a few faint notes given in my hand. Repeated before weighing. Plain 12.4 gm Prim 16 mm All but 9 & 10 primary at least broken but 1st barely All but 13 right broken A couple head feathers out. =right Left 13.5 gm Prim 16 mm Rt prim 1-3 are out left prim 2,4,5,8 are out if just barely Gaped + squeaked in my hand a few crown feathers just out Most back + vental feathers. all birds gaped while I was holding them, all held tightly to the nest and all clung tightly to my finger Time 0620-0640 Stream S of LSB Nest Z This nest empty at 0655, young probably left yesterday. E Side Boundary of Bee. As I walked by group of low shrubs + ring birds were disturbed in the ring on the ground. Were very disturbed as I looked around in ring crawling into bushes For about 5 min they stayed chipping typical agitation finally at least one flew over blobs to W Now, 2 min later both are in bushes again but very quiet.