Bird and egg notes, v4521
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a couple of put away. Female helps my birdie? They sat quietly. Both disaffirm in life - first one bird saw chasing blackbird from tree which bird ?; but pheasants was 3. Both lost to cries for woman. Bird returns to nett from our field to E - swirps up to net just through turvy as usual - settled down at 1027. At 1052 - bird moving close as near as the cutchake dumps - - she moved off yard as I got there - first sitting left west - then finally moving to go stand to E perch - there she sat for 4 min - return did not sat beside at W. - started to get on - & seemingly was scared by a cord approaching from my direction although may have been some slight movement of air. - left - flew SE to S - disaffirmed - returned from E & E field - may have fed in field. - came to net as before - settled down at 1057.