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1935
943
He is still calling.
Mrs. Scamell says that, yesterday, he went straight up the
corner of their house and perched at a second story window. (
(Actually, at that point, a third story window). This house has
quoins at the corners.
2:25 P.M. Rhody is now on top of the roof again. He called
from the Scamell roof until 12:40, then caught a lizard and carried
it about until about 1:30, finally eating it himself, since he could
find no takers. The intervening time has been occupied in mirror
dancing, preening, calling, sunning himself in an entirely new pose
(fortunately caught with the movie camera) and hunting for lizards.
In this he has shifted from place to place, mostly inside the fence.
In his new sunning pose he extends his wings to their utmost and
lies down, lowering his head.
7 hour watch. I have been watching him closely today especially in order to
get some information on the extent of his rovings. So far his
movements since 7 A.M. have been accounted for practically in their
entirety. I.e. over a period of 7½ hours. During this time the
farthest he has been from here has been about a quarter of a mile.
He was not watched during the rest of the day.
Not at old roost. He did not occupy his old night roost.
April 13th.
R calls early. Rhody was heard calling near the house at 5:55 A.M. This is
the earliest yet and may mean that his new roosting place is even
nearer than before, and also seems to confirm the continued ab-
sence of Circle.
At 9:30 he was playing with the mirror; I thought he would
be off looking for his mate.
It should have been recorded yesterday that B is beginning to
pick up twigs again and that he explored a branch of an oak at
the oval lawn just where I had hoped they would build some time,