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Fulica Americana
489
eve 10 Jewel Lake, 510 ft. Contra Costa Co., Calif-
calling the O's to give a series of the
low "punks" that are given in such
occasions. They were moving down
from the H17 area. A couple of
these young have very dark bills.
One of the older yng has my light gray
below the water line, its breast being
the same color as its back, only the
frontal area above the water being a
light gray. 1:02 p.m. - Both adults are
out feeding on the S pool, one at G8,
the other D-144. I have not seen
these yng being fed by the parents
for several days. The oldest of these
yng is still younger than the immature
seen @ on Middle Chain Lake in Golden
Gate Park on June 7. Also the yng
feed and move quite independently
of the adults, still they quickly heed
warnings by the adults. Just now
I dropped my pen, as I reached down
to pick it up, the white pages of this
notebook attracted the O's attention.
he gave several low "punks" and the
yng in its vicinity rather quickly
responded. This low warning note
of the male is remarkably similar to
the low & "punk" I am confused by
it quite frequently, tho it doesn't really
have the nasal quality of the & when
it is heard alone it seems tricky.
This is probably the only call in
which there is overlap. 1:14 p.m.
tho O chased the & into the cattails