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Eulisa mexicana -80-
July 19 Jewel Lake, Tilden Park, Contra Costa, Calif.
pressing on - with one upg tailing her,
another about 8 feet behind and a 3-0 about
20 feet back. B is (4:58) at I 24-on the
edge of what's left of clear water. At 5:02
B is at K 25 and has been joined by a
4th young - S is out of sight, 5:05 S
is at M 20 - B is at K 26-feeding 1 upg,
another upg is at K 25 - B is moving
towards P 26 taking 2 upg while
another young has moved to K 27 where
it is feeding alone. At 5:09, 3 upg are
together at K 26- moving E, B has one
upg M 26 moving towards the cat-tails
and S is feeding alone at L 20.15. -Time
to go home for now.
July 20 Lake Temescal, Alameda Co., Calif. - 5
immatures seen on this lake, all
about 2 weeks younger than
the Jewel lake. S wood - these
are still all in the light gray
plumage - perhaps the older of
these is a week younger than
the youngest S wood - A couple of
the birds examined at very close range-
one had the dark top of head, the
rest of neck & foreparts the very
light gray of a young bird - the
primaries on this bird were
just beginning to develop, may
have been 30 mm long and
monthly sheathed. There are at
least 7 young on the lake -
3 having been seen in the cat-
tail growth at the S end while