V. CULLION 1950 Apr 30 Fulica Americana 367 Lake Temescal, 480ft. Alameda B., Calif.- are both going to P/6. Now a pair of Mallards are in the E inlet. Yesterday's tagging just may have broken the spirits of both birds. The ♀ was giving me extremely wide berth this morning, looping out to Q 21 going both ways. Now 5:20, the ♂ is coming back N; I hope to go on to nest. Nath's going right for it, to Q 23. She's standing on the platform there, gunkling at the nearby Mallards but not attacking them. 5:24, here comes the tagged bird N. cutting into the nest area, now E of the nest clump, on over to Q 23, passing but not attacking the Mallards. Now 5:28 the UNM bird is going near the nest clump, cautiously, swimming just S of it, now east of it; feeding there, gave a "gobble-wobble"; another, started into the cat-tails, retired. Now the tagged bird is coming over, turned track, the UNM chasing him. Now the tagged bird is feeding just E of the nest clump, the other on its SW side, now they both are heading towards P/6. Guess I'll go and let them get settled before eggs get cold - 5:35 a.m. see p.371. Notes - I'm still not sure which sex is tagged. The bird that was off the nest last night seemed to be responsible for a lot of "P" sounding calls while several other notes were heard from near the nest area and presumably the tagged bird. Yesterday I thought I had caught