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Mayhew
1947
May 16
Western Robin
9.
U.C. campus, Alameda Co., Calif.
in sight. The ? has remained very quiet
on the nest ever since I arrived. She
isn't nearly as restless as she was this
morning. At 1:37 P.M. the ? left the nest
& landed on the grass about 15' southwest
of the nest. She immediately began to dig
for worms. At 1:41 P.M. she returned to the
nest, landing on a branch about 3' from the
nest with a loud note, then settled
down on the nest after uttering several
low, rapid notes. The ? didn't put in an
appearance to stand guard over the nest
at all this time. The ? settled on the
nest facing south-west. At 1:48 P.M. the ?
uttered 3 series of very rapid notes on the same
pitch while sitting on the nest. The ? landed
in the tree about 10' from the nest right
after this, then flew away to the south-east.
At 1:54 P.M. a ? House Finch landed in the tree
about 15' from the nest, but caused no
response on the part of the ? Robin. At
1:55 P.M. the Robin left the nest again, returning
to the tree at 1:57 P.M. when she landed about
8' above the nest. She then dropped to within
about 4' of the nest, then settled on the
nest facing west.
May 19
At 11:55 A.M., an adult was sitting on the
nest by Oxford Circle, still facing east.
At 2:00 P.M. when I returned, an adult
was still sitting on the nest facing east.