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V. GULLION
950
Eulica Americana 473
june 4 Lake Tamescal, 42ft., Alameda Co., Calif.
in good repair-, is not being used nearly as
heavily as the rest of the SW pair, and I
have not heard upg from this pair today.
7:35 a.m. SE birds still not on the
nest 56,S. - at the same time the E
pair tangled with the M♂ at M/0. No
fight that I know of, but chasing
back and forth and paired display.
The M♂ moved in quickly from K/2
to help his mate in paired display.
17:53 a.m. watched the SE ♀ feeding
on the carcass of a 6-8 inch fish
floating at K 7,1. He seems to be doing
a pretty good job on it, tho he used only
his bill to work on it. The brood of
well grown Mallards were in the area
at the same time, at first he tolerated
them, but when they returned a couple
of moments later he chased them a
couple of times but did not effectively
move them. 8:09- seems to be a
chase in the SE area involving the
SE♂ and some Mallards. Two yng of
the E brood seen at O/3. 8:15- the
SE ♀ feeding in the channel, a few
feet from the M♀, spotted the M♂
just north of the island and chased
splattered after him. The M♂ dived
and when he came up at K12 the
SE ♂ attacked again, this time diving
with M ♀. M ♂ surfaced at L 14
and stayed put, preening while SE ♂
drifted back S. The two E adults