Fulica, Part 2, v1315
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W. GULLION 1950 Fulica americana 398 May 7 Lake Temescal, 42ft., Alameda Co., Calif. - closes than H22. 6:32 E♂ back to Q24, At 6:34 he had moved to P16 where he did some "pubking". Was answered by ♀ at E-G 36-29. 6:35 he is working along the c-t edge (cat-tail) at P16, foraging. @ 6:45 he is at P14, starting to work N. 6:47 - sun just on top of cat-tails in nesting clump. 6:48 he is moving N from P15 on outside of C-T. He is head bobbing as he goes. 6:51- he is movin N to Q20.3, to Q22.16 at 6:53 - now a fisherman at Q20.8 and E♂ is feeding unconcernedly at Q22.16. 6:56 he has moved to Q23.11 to feed. Now 6:59 a.m. the fisherman has moved to P22, E♂ is at - can't see him - but at least he is not in S of the nest clump in defense. He's been at Q23.12 all the time, feeding among the cat-tails. 7:03 Now, 7:04, a bird is moving down close to Shore from N of the boat dock, as far as O30 before swinging out towards the middle of the lake. 7:07 E♂ just moved thru E of nest clump and is now preening at Q22.16. The other bird a ♀ (pubking) is moving S at P20. 7:10 - E♂ still feeding near Q22.16. 7:13 - still at same location. 7:14 he is moving by P22 to P23 at 7:16 - now feeding at P23. Foraging seems to be almost continuous in these birds, at least the E pair. 7:20 - he's still feeding at P23. 7:22 he is preening at Q23.14.