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W. GULLION
1950
Fulica americana
399
May 7 Lake Temescal, 420 ft., Alameda Co., Calif.-
7:25 - E♂ still preening at Q 23.14.
7:28 - he has moved S to feed at Q 21.7.
7:32 - he is out of sight 7:34 - he is and
has been, at Q 21.24. 7:36 he is at Q 22.24.
♀ pounced 3 times, it was at bird
at H 2Φ, a marked ♀ (BLS?), 7:38 a.m.
he is “pantking” at Q 22.16. 7:41, still
feeding at Q 22.24. 7:42 - he moved to
Q 23.14 to feed. 7:46 he is preening at
Q 23.14. 7:49 - still preening. 7:51 - still
preening. 7:53 he left Q 23 and
moved S to Q 21.3. 7:57 he's out of sight,
7:58 he's just S of the nest clump, now
working N on the W side of it, then
around to N side of it. 3 people are
fishing at Q 21, and he seems concerned
this he is not patrolling against them.
He is still in just N of the nest clump.
at 8:00 a.m. 8:02 he is still in the
area just N of the nest clump, as the
3 fellows continue to fish at R 23.
8:03 the E-♀ gave a couple of “pint, pinta”;
now the ♂ 8:04 moved from P 23 to
Q 22.18, giving a couple of “punts”.
One fellow is still fishing at R 22.
Now he has left 8:05, E♂ is at
Q 22.18. 8:06 he is at Q 22.17. Now
the fisherman are at Q 26 almost north
and E♂ is feeding at R 22.10-8:09.
8:12 E♂ out of sight. 8:13 W♀
chased a marked ♀ (BLS?) from
G 17 to J 17, then tried to chase
W|BL at K 17, but W|BL moved only
a couple of feet, turned around facing!