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Apr 25 - Arrived at no 6
at 9 AM. A single bud was
on the dead willow at 5 md
of the next row. It flew past me
the & swirled by the road but
retreated as I crossed the bridge
and went dryack the nest.
I arrived today to find 4 young
still in nest - three of them
& left before I touched them -
The fled leaving when I came
within 10 ft. The swalliet -
no six did not leave the nest
and I finally lifted him out -
he was quite normal and
helped off though imbe without
the totling of weakness
shown golfiring his fall from
the nest. The leaving of the
nest today, then, was normal
insofar as being actually bay
trouched was concerned except for
no 6. - The nest was badly
flutnined and not well shaped
on margins. The ground around
is brighting & show obvious spotting.