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