Fulica americana Mar 5 Univer. Calif. Campus Alameda Ca, Calif.- In fact the cat-tails have been kept beaten up by birds nibbling on them. Of the foods in water yesterday, mustard greens remain almost untouched, Clover completely untouched, spinach badly mauled but a lot still present, a few carrot tops and pieces of grass, crossed out some apple and two broken crossed out broccoli Brussel sprouts. 1/4B, shield 1/5, tag replaced. Bare skin where incision made, but I can't find any sign of the pellet that should be there. WT 585 grams, legs green, bursa about 22 mm and temp about 40.5 C. wB, left foot with swelling which has burst extruding cheese like stuff. Shield 33, legs green wt. 482 grams, bursa couldn't be probed, temp. 41C. L6/Br., shield beginning to swell, crossed out but still about 18 SS. No sign of estrogen pellet under shin nor is a crossed out brood patch present. WT. 577 grams. legs green foot with suggestion of crossed out yellow. Under wing cobato P. wB may have the beginning of a brood patch, at least down is thin on rear of sternum. Some bird is losing a lot of feathers, mostly ventral judging by the pile in corner of the courtyard. Xc, crossed out shield still growing, now 17x13 mm shape of class 11, can't feel pellet under