Bird Notes, Part 4, v661
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remaining daylight hours. Julio says he did not see or hear him here. (See next day's notes). April 12th. 10:45 A.M. Rhody is now calling from the observatory tower. He was first heard here somewhat before 7 A.M. (10:47 he is on the roof overhead. I hear his voice coming out of the fireplace! Went out and looked; he is on the chimney). He called here until about 8:30. Though I did not know it at the time, checking with the Reynolds shows he was there in their garden and on their roof calling about that time. Also that he was there and at the Covells' and Robinsons' yesterday. About 9 I heard him off to the northeast and decided to follow him for a time, if I could find him. He was located(by sound) several hundred yards away in that direction, entirely out of sight of this place, wandering about the high, sloping western side of Dimond Canyon, calling. I kept in touch with him for an hour. Finally he swooped down part way into the canyon, turned in the air and rose to land in a low tree about a hundred yards away on the same side of the canyon. I went immediately to the tree, but could not see him. I then went to the Reynolds' and get the information quoted above. About 10:30 we heard him calling off in this direction, and he is now, 11:00, still on the chimney. It is evident that he has lost contact with Circe and is endeavor- oring to reestablish it, so far, without success. Though friendly enough, he is not interested in offers of food. I could not fool him with attempted imitations of the coke call. 12:10 P.M. When R left the roof he went to the cage for meat, a ten minute's bout with the mirror, followed by a calling period from the top of the old oak. Thence to the roof of the Scamell house to continue his calling while looking off over the country.