Accounts of birds, mammals, amphibians, and plant catalogue, v4551
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Mayhew 1947 May 21 Western Robin 19. U.C. campus, Alameda Co., Calif at 5:33 P.M. the ♀ left the nest & flew south. at 5:35 P.M. a pair of Pine Siskins landed in the tree about 8 feet from the nest, & although the ♂ Robin was on the lawn about 15 feet from the tree, he paid no attention. The siskins, incidentally, were causing quite a commotion. at 5:40 P.M. the ♂ flew to the nest, fed one youngster, than flew north from the nest with something white in his bill. at 5:41 P.M. I found a single half grown Robin sitting in a dense clump of leaves in a live oak tree about 20 feet above the ground. The tree was just south of L.S.B. He sat quietly in the leaves. He was about 2/3 the size of a grown Robin, with a brown back, a tawny breast, very speckled with dark spots, at 5:43 P.M. the ♀ returned to the nest, feed a youngster, then settled down on the nest facing north-east. at 5:46 P.M. one of the youngsters disturbed the ♀ by pushing its head up against the wing of the ♀. at 5:49 P.M. she stood up in the nest a few moments, then left the nest, landing on the lawn about 100 feet east of the nest. The fog has now covered the sky so that the temperature is getting colder. at 5:52 P.M. the ♂ returned to the nest, fed one youngster, & flew north from the