Bird and egg notes, v4521
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G44 - Raised bed - second later more came from E - let on E foot of nest group of willows - female not fluttering at all - never one to nest edge - she appears to break sticks five from nest by twisting bark head sideways seem to swallow at once. More leaves to E. Food always swaddled way it's swallowed it seems. 1/25 Left at 9:50 - bird not disturbed from nest as I left. No 4 - Visited at 9:20 - 4 eggs - warm - bird nearby - still warm marked 1-4. Bird sat within 25 ft on the downstream - gave Schwa-ä-ä - note in warbling - sat there in limb thread my inspection. Went back to nest - flushed as I walked by on trail - still 15 yds away - mate not seen. April, - no 4 has five eggs - ? could not see bird above as I approached but eggs were warm. I marked the nest eggs. As I was doing so - a bird appeared on nearby limb as before and gave the soft "worry" such as