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Julian
749
Euloca Americana -69-
July 15 Jewel Lake, Tilden Park, Contra Costa Co., Calif.
splattering after them. Driving them south. S has lost interest and is
moving off north, B is “pawking”
as she chases a single bird, R/S
captured in west trap about 12 pm.
wt - 520-22gpm. White tips on primaries 9+10.
Bill sorta battered - 2nd primary 108 mm,
shaft 23 mm. Same pattern on feathers
in front of primary. Tag on left side
separating around the lower edges.
R/captured 45-624034-tags R/S lost-
retagged R/S - wt. 425-21 . TWT 50 mm
mid-toe 68 mm, bill from shield 39 mm.
eye yellow greenish flocked red.
♀ - eye green-yellow flocked with
much red - a greenish area on both
upper + lower mandible at point
of pied effect on adult, bill
smooth mottled ivory. Shield deep
blood-red brownish. ♀/♂-frontal
shield like and eye like ♀ - head mostly
dark grey, few light gray feathers scatted
on head+ neck. ♀/♂ much like
above bird ♂/♀½ with green pied on
bill etc. The bird formerly tagged
R/S and now tagged R/S, had a
small torn area on the back of the
neck where the other tag was
torn out. Apparently it was not
well enough tagged - didn't have more
than ¼ inch of torn skin - seems to be
still one more untagged young, and still
one S pair adult.