Antartica field notes, v1468
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Hali 1960 Catharacta maccormicki after which they both ate their meal. One left. Another mewlet. Two birds close - a few feet apart - flew + called, glided in circle + landed 20 feet apart nearer the bluff then before. Both in challenge as they landed One flew 20 feet to a 34 bird. Both challenge. Second 2 now eating 18" apart. Nov. 3 Hallett Station. Arrived Station at 1:30 PM. Pair in a little begging sequence. Heard them before I spotted them. They are well camouflaged. Again one, &? begging other, standing upright, non naturalized. But both down once then back upright. Both discreet. Few minutes later another pair was seen also begging. The one being unimportant flew off. First pair in repeat. Both standing, one walked towards other put head down + brought up food w no preliminaries, other ate it & just then repeated then separated. Low grunting noise accompanies the ales abulant whine (like dog vabs like long tail) 2 to hard vs 1 till which bird is making noises or even if