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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.