Fulica, Part 1, v1314
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Fulica Americana 173 Jan 20 Univ. Calif. Campus, Alameda Co., Calif. Was a fox (remains near trail, fox hair on nearby barbed wire; many feathers left, Tag among the feathers)". Jack Parker Found Sat Jan 8, 1958 1/4 mi. NE of Jewel Lake Think it was a fox (remains near trail, fox hair on nearby barbed wire; many feathers left, Tag among the feathers) Jan 22 Jewel Lake, 510 ft. Tilden Park, Contra Costa Co., Calif. Six coots on the lake today, none of them tagged. I'm not even sure that I can have seen the B bird with only the safety pin remaining. Territory behavior is not well developed. A couple of instances of possible territoriality were observed (see next page) but on the whole little defense or aggression was noted. The pair (from which both ♂ + ♀ notes have been heard) occupying the S end both have swollen shields, at least one of the two birds in the NW corner seemed to have a swollen shield. Two more birds, both of which have been chased at the NW corner, did not appear to have swollen shields, but this I must check further.