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W. GULLION
1950
Fulica americana 386
May 5 Lake Temescal, 420 ft., Alameda Co., Calif.
- Now 10:1? Both birds are off the nest.
Got a picture of the E & F swanning.
All 7 eggs warm, none pipped,
need to be remarked. 10:30 a.m. (11:30
daylight time) time to go.
May 5 - Jewel Lake, 570 ft., Contra Costa Co., Calif.
At 4:45 p.m., one bird foraging close
at the S end and one bird heard in
cat-tails on S side of the island.
Couldn't call this bird out. Didn't
hear any song but figure they are
probably there. Checked nest
M25.19 - at least 2 fledgling swam
away from it as I approached. The
F called them from back at P25
and after a couple of minutes,
supposedly long enough for the young
to get to safety there, did she
come out to "pook" at me. The M
came from someplace and also
"jerked", but neither really displayed.
The two eggs were gone, found #1
floating in the water about 3 feet
from the nest off the end of the ramp.
The nest has been revamped, that is,
the cup has been filled with
2-3 inch pieces of dead dried
cat-tail leaves to form a level
platform. It is a layer above the
ramp.
- Lake Temescal, 420 ft., Alameda Co., Calif.
5:57 p.m. O is in the South Bay.
Head feathers still displayed down.
He moved N into a little clump of