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Feb
19
Fulica Americana -123-
+ 16 Jewel Lake 500 ft., Tilden Park, Contra Costa Co., Calif. -
minutes after the hawk passed it continued
to point its tail skyward, tho it was
feeding and swimming around with its head
up. After about 10 minutes or so a
bleached headed bird came out of the cat-tails
and fed at D13. A few minutes later I
heard the “quack” of the ♀ and a moment
later B (now bleached to S) with 2 tags
came out of the cat-tails at E 26. She ducked
back in as soon as she saw me, and a
short time later I heard a bird spattering
from D25 along the cat-tails to B19 or 20.
The mallards worked out of the F-27 area
shortly afterwards, and when I moved back
down the road, I saw two UPM immatures
at B18. Both looked to be in about the
same plumage stage—the dark gray headed,
mottled gray billed stage.
+ 23 Lake Teneocal, Elev 420 ft., Oakland, Alameda Co., Calif. -
Arrived at 2 p.m. - Immediately upon arrival
saw an adult in the S pair area chase an immature
out of the cat-tails on the E side of the rock, through
the channel S of the rock. I suspect this was
a bird of the S pair, since the parent was not
hotly pressed. - A short time later, an adult
from the SW area drove another adult out of
that area, chasing it some distance into
the NE area. No defense was made by any
bird in this area, nor was even a display
indicated. About 2:15 p.m. an S adult
was in paired display with 2 birds (at least
1 adult) from the SW area. At least 2 other
immatures voiced opinions from nearby