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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