Fulica, Part 2, v1315
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GULLION 950 Fulica americana 562 -526- ne 27 Lake Temescal 420 H., Alameda Co., Calif.- The structure at P16.17 is defunct has been abandoned and become entirely defunct since the 21st. One yng of the E pair is in the white-footed black billed stage. It was alone at K-N13 while the parents were patrolling against me out of P16. As this young was moving around it got out to about K13, running afoul of M5, patrolling at D12. The yng seemed to recognize the display and quickly retreated from the vicinity. This yng has the well defined black halo etc. The crippled yng was seen a few moments later, it is pretty much in the medium gray phase. The structure at P16.2 is much developed and in good repair- No eggs, I don't know whether it will get any or not. The M5 seems to be quite aggressive, chasing two birds as far as H17 and displaying against them. The "pook" and "pulque" are equivalent notes, the "punk2" and "pubk2" equivalent notes- the first pair are notes of alarm or warning, given by disturbed birds, the latter two are notes of birds not particularly disturbed. But I can't figure any single significance for them. A new structure is under development at D23.10. This is resting about 6 inches above the water among a dense mass of wind toppled cat-tails. A ramp may be