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1990 Journal 169
By Beach Reserve, San Lucia, Monterey Co., Calif 400 ft elev
21 May Found nest of unbanded pair W of ♀ Bc/Fw Bc/be in dune
scrub of whale pit. Flushed 4 off of 3 warm eggs.
I damaged one egg so left a dummy in its place.
1 2 3
L 20.36 19.28 19.75
W 15.09 14.98 15.17
wt 2.0g
inc broken egg so
discarded opened egg saw well developed eye ad veins and one feather
Nest check at ♀ Bc/Fw Bc/be was empty, no sign of ♀
or fledglings, ♂ sung vigorously.
→ These egg shells were very flimsy - seemed too moist. I
carried another of the eggs as I put it back in the nest! Agh.
Checked nest 1 hour later. ♀ and ♂ chasing eggs seemed warm but in strange
configuration in a straight line side to side OOO in next cup.
Found nest of unbanded pair E up the dune from
♀ Bc/Fw Bc/be, I found nest with Puno's so I did
not check it for eggs (also didn't want to risk another
smashing) ♀ (unbanded) returned to nest and is sitting on eggs(?)
certainly she is not feeding young. I could not see anything
in the nest when she took off. Nest 65 yds S of Bc/Fw's nest.
50 yds west of Road