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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