Accounts of birds, mammals, amphibians, and plant catalogue, v4551
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Mayhew 1947 May 23 Western Robin 26. U.C. campus, Alameda Co., Calif. At 6:18 A.M. a ♂ Robin, with worms in its mouth, landed on a stump about 40 feet from the nest, but apparently he wasn't the ♂ for this nest, because the ♀ didn't leave the nest for him. In a moment, he flew out of sight. At 6:22 A.M. the ♂ landed under some shrubs about 50' from the nest. By running a few steps, stopping, then running a few more steps, he worked his way up to the lawn about 30 feet from the nest. He had a worm in his mouth all the while. At 6:24 A.M. he flew to a limb about 4 feet below the nest. The ♀ then immediately left the nest, flying north-west, after uttering two, low, single notes. The ♂ then flew to the west edge of the nest, fed one youngster & ate the rest of the food himself. After standing on the edge of the nest a moment looking down, he flew away to the south-west. When the adults left the nest this time, I climbed the tree to look into the nest. The 3 young birds completely filled the cavity. They sat with their heads pulled back & their wings outspread, so that they looked as if they had pulled their necks down into their bodies. Their bills all pointed up, & their eyes were open. Their bodies were completely covered