Fulica, Part 2, v1315
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W. GULLION 1950 Fulica americana 4/10 May 10 Lake Temescal, 420 ft., Alameda Co., Calif. -- threatened to churn as I looked one to the new platform which seems to be develop- ment than the one at K7.4. The new platform is at K7.8. 5:36 p.m. a bird is slapping its foot on that plat-form. Two unmarked birds were out from there, and at least one of them was not the SE ♂, I think one was the SE ♀, curious to see what the M♀ was fussing about. That M♀ sure is noisy in her K7 bolovich. 5:43 p.m. as I approach Q22, both birds are off the nest. The ♀ was S and followed me up from about P17 as I came, 'pooking' as she came along. The E ♂ may have been on the nest, at least he was in the nest clump and came out as I approached. Egg #4 hatched 34.2 x 51.0 yng partly clipped L2. Egg #1. #5- mm. #7- x 35.7 x 41.4 60.5 mm. #2- 34.3 x 49.5 and pipped. All 3 hatched yng are in the nest clump. As I worked in the nest clump the parents proceeded to move the yng down the lake to P17, the ♀ staying there to take care of them. 6:05 p.m. the ♂ is in the nest clump with 1 yng, a 2nd yng is at Q25 moving out into the open water, while the ♀ has the 3rd yng down S. As the ♂ 'pukes' the lyng moves N toward the nest clump, having moved out to P20. Then the ♂ came out to about P21.7 to escort the