Accounts of birds, mammals, amphibians, and plant catalogue, v4551
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Mayhew 1947 Western Robin 14. May 21 U.C. campus, Alameda Co., Calif. approach to feed them. When I climbed up & look into the nest at 3:45 P.M., all three of the young sat up in a feeding posture, but as soon as no food was forthcoming, they settled down & closed their eyes again. At 3:46 P.M. the ? returned with more food. Again she fed only one youngster, then settled on the nest as before. At 3:47 P.M. she left the nest again. At 3:49 P.M., the ? returned with some food. She fed one youngster, then swallowed a big worm herself. She immediately went back to the lawn about 30 feet from the nest. At this same time, the or ran across the lawn just at the base of the tree containing the nest. He stood directly below the tree while the ? was feeding the young, then ran about 50 feet farther west. At 3:53 P.M. he is back within 20 feet of the nest, just south of it, still looking for worms. The ? is out of sight. The or now has several worms in his bill, & he has worked in a circle about the tree about 30' away. At 3:58 P.M., he flew to the nest & fed the young. At 3:59 P.M., he left the nest & dropped to a branch about 3 feet above the ground before going down on the lawn again. He then went back to looking for worms about 40 feet east of the tree. Every time one of the adults has approached the