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Fulica Americana 251
Mar 26 Lake Temescal 430 ft. Alameda Co. Caly.
shield. Another bird just chased from H9 into S inlet by a G, SE J at the same time charged to J8, stopping there,
then a moment later, SE male splattered
from K7, chasing another bird to G11,
returning, he crowed twice while
swimming at J8. GR, with 1 tag,
has a flat shield. We're still on
from other tag. - A bird charged a F
at F10 chasing her to G11. She
"pooned" as she swam out but
the other bird gave no note. Now
10:55a.m., after about 15 minutes of
noisy activity, all is quite. 10:57-
SE bird charging out from K7, chard
all three tagged birds from J9 out
to J11. One of two birds feeding
at F10 moved out to G9, into
charging position but did not advance
at once, then later started swimming
across towards H8, the other is
now semi charging across to J9.
Now 4 birds are moving in the
south areas, all from the flock.
One just got chased out of the S inlet,
followed by a crow. Now a SE
bird is chasing them out from
J9. The E pair, are both around the
platform at P16.2, one on the platform,
the other feeding on cat-tail shoots
nearby. Now 1 was left and the other is
feeding alone. The platform does
not seem to be developing very much,