Fulica americana 466. May 31 - Lake Temescal, 420 ft., Alameda Co., Calif. This morning. thus the hatched young. I is pipped, several eggs are cool, more as hot as they should be. Painted egg #8 red to see what the reaction will be. This nest is renewed, in fact it almost looks like a new nest today. New [illegible] ramp, and built up with much new stuff all around. Both brood nests of the SW pair are in good shape. I was out of the water about 15 minutes before SEJ got back on the nest. He came in over the back side, first time live seen that done, carefully preened himself, adjusted the eggs, perhaps turning them, waddled his legs to each side of the nest and then settled down. He didn't appear to notice that the red egg was even present. Also noted that the SW pair are pretty effectively keeping the mallards out of their area, and even now a young duck is busily complaining while the H7 is "punting on her deal at K7.17." The brood nest that was built up for the first SE brood then abandoned is redeveloped in the same location only facing the opposite direction. The nearby platform does not seem to be altered. The platform at H7.25 is no longer recognizable as such. The M7 swarmed as I