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Eulica Americana
July 21 Jewel Lake, Contra Costa Co. Calif.
but P/B is feeding - think all check
P/B minute by minute from now 3:08
until 4 p.m. - at 3:08 P/B is preening at G-8-
at 3:09 feeding - 3:10 alert restiulless,
3:10.30 feeding - but only 1 or 2 bites - still
alert - small birds are chirping in the
chaparral and a jay is excited - 3:12 beside
G/B and feeding the birds are still chirping
-feeding with S/R & Y now 3:13 - is
eating pondweed filaments - 3:14 still
feeding - but now seems to be hunting for
something especially - picking up tid-
bites and keeping one eye on low flying
plane 3:15 - still picking up tid-bits
and looking around at 3:16 - feeding
between R/S and Y at 3:17 at about
G-8.1 - 3:21 still feeding between G/S and Y-
but keeping one eye on low flying
planes, 3:24 G/B tried to catch two low
flying copulating dragon-flies but didn't.
P/B still feeding at 3:24.30 - 3:27 still
feeding with R/P/B and G/B close at hand.
the other birds have been preening and rest
P/B has not yet - 3:30 still feeding - now
now C at F-8.6. - the left tag on
G/B looks as tho it has gone bad-
looks white or opaque & colorless.
3:32 P/B momentarily became alerted
but then went back to feeding.
3:34 he stopped to preen - at 3:34:30 S
chased P/B and others to G-5 where
they continued preening to 3:36 when
S chased them to E-4- S charged
in there, P/B coming out to E-8,