Accounts of birds, mammals, amphibians, and plant catalogue, v4551
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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: