Fulica americana 334 Apr 26 Lake Teresal 420 ft, Alameda Co, Calif. Out on the lake quite closely, but the lines on this page are just barely visible. 5:05 it is fully light now, easy to see lines on this page, the coots have just become really active in the last few minutes. The W pair and M pairs have been noisy and one of the SW bird could be seen out feeding. The E ♂ is still S. 5:15 a.m. ♂ has come back to the nest area. At this same time W-0/3 w/UNM was seen at F 19. 5:20 E ♂ over at R 23 feeding some but not very brightly feeding. Now he "punks" several times. 5:21, a bird is punting across the lake. At 5 a.m. [illegible] some crowing and general noises were heard at the S end. 5:25, a couple of coots could be heard not too far S along the E side. ♂ at Q 21.24, ♀ on that gave several "poonbs". Now 5:28 a.m. 2 ♂♀ 1♀ mallard landed in E inlet, are giving E ♂ a bad time, but he is showing no aggression, just uneasiness. He is close in on S side of nest clump. 5:30 he is still there, swimming with his head erect, this the Mallards have all just left. Now 28 seconds later 2 ♂♀ 1♀ Ruddy Ducks come in to Q 22.21, he watches them closely, then after about a minute chases them away, not charging, then finally he presses one so closely it has to dive, so they moved out. Now 5:33 he is back in position. He gave a plaintive "pooer" and moved a little way out, then back to