Fulica, Part 2, v1315
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GULLION 150 Fulica Americana 505 me 19 Jewel Lake, 5/10 ft, Contra Costa Co., Calif. churning and puttering. 8:20 a.m. - 1 adult and 5 immatures are feeding in the area H-K 24-27. Can't tell whether or not a bird is on nest H17,2. me 20 Almir. Calif. Campus. Alameda Co., Calif. G-V9 - square shield, legs greenish yellow, no wing molt, shield SS and scaly. T-97 - no wing molt, legs yellow-green, shield SS, class 8. D/O - lost left tag, legs greenish yellow - almost in Y class, no wing molt, shield growing some, S, class. T99. legs greenish yellow no sign of wing molt. TOO - legs yellowish-green, shield 7S, swollen in a tent like manner, no wing molt. V9 - really yellow legs, shield flat, class 9, no wing molt. Y-XR - legs, yellow green. Shield shows little sign of regrowth. No wing molt, shield 4S. W-R-(T95) - killed, p shield photographed in BW,10 S, weight 4.54 grams, shield in Bovins, leg saved, ?, no large follicle, in fact whole ovary small, undeveloped, a few 1-2 mm. follicles but mostly smaller. Buts a 20 mm long, but very narrow. This bird was in good physical shape, with a good supply of fat on it. me 21 Lake Temescal, 4-20 ft., Alameda Co., Calif. The H pair don't seem to be making any headway towards nesting. The structure at K7.17 is still extant but is not much developed in recent days. cIt seems to be settling from lack of new additions of material. Puddy nest 56.16