Accounts of birds, mammals, amphibians, and plant catalogue, v4551
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Mayhew 1947 May 23 Western Robin U.C. campus, Alameda Co., Calif. meet. She fed two youngsters, then ate two objects she picked up from opposite sides of the nest, then settled on the nest facing north-east. At 7:04 A.M. thef left the nest, & flew north-west. At 7:06 A.M. the youngsters in the nest flapped wings & stuck heads above the edge of the nest. At 7:07 A.M. the O returned & fed two youngsters. The f returned a moment later, causing the O to fly away to the south- west, The f fed two youngsters, then settled down on the nest facing north-east, The sun is just now breaking through the fog. At 7:11 A.M. the f flew away to the north west. She has been hunting worms between two spinikles about 150 feet from the nest all morning. At 7:13 A.M. the & returned to the nest, fed one youngster, then flew back north-west. Every time she has left the nest this morning, she drops to within 18 inches of the ground and flies past me at that altitude, as I sit about 25 feet from the tree. She then gains altitude after passing this spot. At 7:16 A.M. th f returned to the nest, fed one youngster, then flew past with a white object in her bill. She dropped it about 75 feet from the nest, which, on examination, proved to be an excretion pellet of one of the young. At 7:18 A.M. the O returned,