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Catheracts inaccornwili.
MaKey
1964
Jan.11
3:30
challenge a
quater
Unb 29 flies to mate, 40 feet. Band challenges as
lands, [illegible] Unb responds after landing.
Challenge really seems to serve as greeting & reinforce
reinforcement ceremony.
3:45
11 ad who has been sitting on roadway flies
& nest, stands nearby & preens. She here & it
went up in a tiny dip, and first noticed at
dropping down next to nest.
3:52
Ad 11 now sitting on ground next to road. The
ad. in nest enclosure hasn't moved.
4:02
Unb 349 as standing by nest feeding chick, B. is
mentating. Walked over & checked this. I didn't see the
change take place but believe it was a moment
before this, i.e. when Unb. got up to feed chick.
Unb. then flies around stands a moment &
leaves.
4:09
Ad 11, the one outside nest flew off N. along road.
4:23
Was Band 349 sitting on egg? (4:02 above) 2?
[illegible] had now on nest seen struggling on egg just
after above entry made, the bird on egg seems
see below
Extremely light colored in the banded member.
4:34
Unb. 349 returns, bands, challenges. Band in
call challenge cell. Unb. preens, [illegible] 4:23 entry.
4:53
B 216 on slope in mutual [illegible] New all
4:56
Unb. 349 Buttress walls front, Stops 1/2 feet off
one call
Challenge plus overhead, gives reciprocal low
one cell.
New call
Both 349 standing, in New cell puttin' O