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located one. The rachets
were just growing out and
we noticed that they were
tail coverts rather than
actual tail feathers.
Dad stopped for two or
three way back and shot
another female humming -
(large). The bird showed
every sign of breeding - I
believed the nest type in
the deep woods. This is
the only place we see
them feeding on manna
blossoms. Dad also saw
another cuckoo near where
he got the bird with the
egg ready to lay. It
was giving the Robin like
note that had been
puzzling us here for some
time.
While in the elm grove
above we should respectively
an Ivory-bellied Woodpecker.
Dad also got a Veiny
Owl of the red shape.
They look much like the
red brown Records and as
I think of it I believe I
killed a green Record
up today that was
probably an owl.