Fulica americana 508 me 21 Lake Temescal, 42ft, Alameda Co., Calif. Tagged Mallards got into where the food was until it was all gone. Of the Coots, while came over showing interest but never got near the food. When the adults get to the yung they feed the first one they get to, which means the crippled one gets a very small share of the food. The two others both meeting their parents as they approach. Now the ♀ is coming down with the ♂, he picks up the food, she takes part of it, and together they return to the brood, still at 16-17 10:05 a.m. I seen at L2 - so he is still on the lake and both tags still on. There seems to be little inter-specific antagonism in the SE area. B Mallards were tolerated there while the SE ♂ fed within a couple of feet of them. The SE yung is in the all black stage, with bright orange-red bill. It is feeding pretty much by itself. The SE birds were bowing and nibbling, first the ♂ bowed and then nibbled on the bowing, then he'd bow and she'd nibble. The SE yung is in a stage where the wise feathers still are colored, but all the [illegible] plumes are lost. A little later the wise feathers fade out and then the yung gets the hoary appearance to its head. 10:33a.m. - just now there was a rather severe clash at I 8.24. Both SW and both SE birds were in it. Apparently the ♂'s were doing the actual fighting. The SW yung