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Mayhew
1947
Western Robin
25.
May 22 U.C. campus, Alameda Co., Calif.
than that, she made no movements.
May 23 When I arrived at the nest in the small
live oak tree at 5:32 A.M. this morning, the
? was sitting on the nest facing north-
east. At 5:58 A.M. the ?? landed on the
walk about 20 feet from the tree with his
bill full of worms. Immediately the ?
flew away and the ?? flew up to the west
edge of the nest, fed one youngster by
putting his bill inside the outspread bill
of the youngster. A moment later, he
flew away to the west, uttering three low
single notes as he flew. At 6:08 A.M. one
of the youngsters stretched its wings above
the edge of the nest, then settled down
out of sight again. At 6:09 A.M. one of
the youngsters stretched his head + bill up over
the edge of the nest for a brief moment, then
settled down again. At 6:10 A.M. the ? returned
to the nest, landing on the west edge of it,
fed one youngster, then ate something from
the inside of the nest (it appeared to be young
maggots). Then she settled on the nest
facing north-east. At 6:12 A.M. she stood
on the west edge of the nest again,
probing in the bottom of the nest
with her bill. This caused quite a stir in
the nest, because young heads continued to pop
up above the edge of the nest. At 6:17 A.M. she
settled down on the nest again, facing north-east: