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on top of a wall near the apricot, enjoying the sun and at peace
with the world. He either knew where Circe was or else did not
care.
Circe approach-es me unaware.
At 3 P.M. he was again reposing two or three yards from there,
still at peace. As I was moving up to him to offer him worms, Circe
suddenly appeared on the path beyond him, running toward us about
10 yards away, but as soon as she saw me, turned into the bushes.
Rhody apparently did not see her and was unaware of her closeness,
continuing to eat meat and worms, then subsiding for another rest,
which he was still enjoying a half hour later when I left.
Neither bird has been seen at the nest today.
April 9th.
Young thrashers
leave nest.
At 7:30 A.M. one of the young thrashers was sitting three feet
from the nest, the other still in it. B gave them both huge "arm-
fuls" of meal worms. The second one left the nest in a few minutes,
but when I was watching Rhody nearby, returned, and B hovered him.
(He left for good a few minutes later).
One returns.
The coke call sounded near, but I was unable to tell whether it
came from R or C. R went to the top of the cage where he flirted
with the magpies, hrooed softly and several times repeated a new
horizontally
R.R. calls,
C (?)
act. This consisted in stretching his neck out in a compound curve,
opening his bill to the utmost, straining mightily and uttering a
minute whine which I could just hear at 20 feet. After this he
R's new act.
picked up a large twig and carried it to the top of an oak. I had
to leave at this point to give the spray-man instructions about
avoiding the nests and birds, but noted that R dived over the fence
to the north east. C was undoubtedly in the vicinity, and the call
R carries twig.
probably came from her. This was the last seen of the road-runner
for the day and he did not go to his accustomed roost for the night.
R last seen
for the day.
The young thrashers gradually separated, B taking charge of
one and N the other. Eventually they arrived at the glade by
devious routes and at different times, by running surprisingly