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Mayhew
1947
Western Robin
29.
May 23
U.C. campus, Alameda Co., Calif.
Fed one youngster & departed. At 7:19 A.M.
thef returned, fed one youngster, then
settled down on the nest facing north-east.
At 7:27 A.M. thef left the nest & flew
north-west. At 7:30 A.M. thef returned &
fed one youngster. She stuck her bill
inside of his four times. Then she settled
down on the nest facing north-east. At
7:34 A.M. thef left the nest, flying low,
to the north-west. At 7:35 A.M. the m
landed on a stump about 40 feet from the
nest with a worm in his bill. After
15 seconds on the stump, he flew to the nest
and fed one youngster. He then ate what
looked like two excretion pellets from the
nest, & flew to a tree about 75 feet
west of the nest. At 7:36 A.M. the f
returned, fed one youngster, then settled down
on the nest facing north-east. At 7:40A.M.
the youngsters all gave her trouble by pushing
against her breast with their heads, but
she soon quieted them. The same thing
happened again at 7:41 A.M. At 7:42 A.M.
she left the nest, flying low, toward the
north-west. At 7:50 A.M. thef returned to
the nest with 3 worms in her bill, all of
which she gave to one youngster. After
eating one pellet she removed from inside
the nest, she settled down on the nest
facing north-east. At 7:58 A.M. the youngsters