Fulica americana -88- July 21 Jewel Lake, Contra Costa Co, Calif. alarm or warning note elicits a less hasty response, but still the yng gets rapidly to shelter - for the last few minutes G/B + P/B have been feeding side by side at E/10.5+6. Now 11:08 they are both in E/10 but not side by side. G + GS are feeding close together at H 4, 5+6. R/S + Y are feeding together at I 4.21 - I can hear (11:11) a loud "whew" from near H 11 so I suspect S is nearby and soon these leisurely feeding imm are about in for a chase. At 11:13 S is in fact at H 6, busily feeding - and a yng is coming out from H 8 to meet him at G 7. All the imm have vanished into the cat-tails except GS who is busy and alertly diving and feeding at G 4. 11:17 - S has gone into cover at G 8 so R/S has come out at G 4 and S/R is crossing from F 9 to G 6 - where S/R is now feeding. GS moved boldly out to feed with S/R and P/B is more cautiously moving out - now they are all alert and moving over to F5 where G is feeding. 11:20 - P/B feeding at E/10.6 was attacked by S from G/10 - P/B moved to F 7 quickly and is now occasionally feeding as it moves towards G 4 - S "purred" twice after routing P/B and returned to feed at F/10 - now 11:22 - S is moving over to G/10 and towards the deal tree at H 11. 7 imm are --