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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