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May 2 Lake Tenuesed, 750 ft, Nameda Co., Calif.
To the nest clump and feeding at its SE corner. 6:36 she is off S again. A pair of Mallards up in the E inlet, but she goes on S. 6:38 it's starting to sprinkle (or oughta snow). Of the W & seems to have it in for w/120, he now is chasing the lates at G-12 -> H-13. 6:41 - E F coming N by way of O 20. The Mallards have left; she passed close to the stake but kept going to P 23, then in the inlet. It's really starting to rain now. 6:52 tho sprinkle has ceased, fog is rising off the lake surface, but it is no warmer.
Throughout the rain the E F continued to feed along OP 23, taking mostly the decomposing cat-tail stems. Now 6:54 see is looping to W of nest clump heading S. It's time for a nest change. She went to P 20 before realizing I'm still around and so she turned back, past to next clump to the W, no she stopped, is fooling around just S of it, now moving across to G 23. The wind is letting up and the Buffalog just started croaking. Now she