Field notes, v644
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June 28. Red's Meadow, 700 ft., near Dalhart for, Inada G., Telf. ?+?, accompanied by almost incessant chirping, and occasional drumming, ? flew to tree about 10 ft away, rattled, young immediately rattled back, ? flew to ?'s tree, above male, rattled, then, at 9:30 flew and lit below nest hole, thrust head in cavity, young thrust head out to meet her, ? thrust beak into young's pullet and fed it, pulled away, thrust beak in pullet and fed young a second time. Young has black head, golden crown, looks very well developed. ? flew to ano- ther tree, where male was, and they both watched up from. Young then made a few rattling noises, then remained quiet. ? flew across road to another tree, while ? made several short flights to other trees nearby. ? flew to tree next to nest-tree, 15 ft above ground, emitted short, subdued, chip noises, then flew to a second tree, where he hopped on a small branch, making & subdued drumming, then chipped some more, drummed again, and continued to chip, with occasional drum- ing. Has not fed, merely called. Young looked out only once during all of this. 10:05 Young chipped once + slight movement heard from