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Maken
1961
Catharcta macconnelli
Jan 7. next challenge. B announces
to [illegible]. Then flutters to mound & preens.
4:08 Unb. 349 finally finishes preening,
site
Member 11 who was by edge of ice began
walking, pushing, stopping etc. gradually
approaching nest. Twenty feet away however
at flew off
4:19 Unb. 349 floats next, gives full
call then well behind nest &
gives incubation call; is ignored
4:23 Dots of 11 lands. 349 unb. gude
callenge, 11 now preening 30 feet from nest
349 unb. still stands by nest, now well off
3 feet & sits.
4:40 Club 38 being fed
4:45 Member of Blands (15 feet from
11 enclosure) & 349 both challenge, the incubating
call only the call. Then [illegible] member 11
near ice flies over lands by route, challenging
to town by it.
4:57 Unb-349 again standing in
new posture near nest giving low- e e e e e calls.
5:03 Relief of 349 took place about here. Unbanded
had to sit a while before banded finally got off.
Now preening 4 feet before nest.
5:15 Band 349 flew, banded IV & finally turned
W. toward punguery.