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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,