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Eulica americana 477
Jun 5 Univ. Calif. Campus, Alameda Co., Calif.-
out of the water. The turnip tops
seen by-passed also. The Catalope
has been completely cleaned up.
Jun 5 Jewel Lake, 510 ft., Contra Costa Co., Calif.-
At least 3 yng seen about 9:15-9:35
this morning feeding around the 5
pool. There may be 3 adults on the
lake, I am not sure. 9:32 a ♀ is
feeding by the inlet at H4. Noticed
once that the feathers on the back
and rump of one yng are about the
color of an adult ♀ Red-wing.
otherwise a rusty-brown. These
young seem to be feeding almost
entirely by themselves and their
activities are generally independent
of the adults. However, as noted
yesterday, they respond immediately to
the warning calls of their parents.
At 9:45 the ♀ was feeding the
2 youngest birds at F10, an
older bird was crossing to D11,
another was at F9 and a 5th
moved from G8 to H4. A few
minutes later I was able to get another
count of 5, 2 standing on sticks at
H11, preening, 1 with the ♂ at F9,
2 feeding near the ♀ at H5. The
two at H5 are like the birds on
page 474 as is one of the two from
H11. The other H11 bird is an
older bird - as shown on the next
page. The bird with the ♂ also was