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Western Robin
Mayhew
1947
May 27
U.C. campus, Alameda Co., Calif.
in the afternoon was sitting up in the nest,
but none of the others had returned to
the nest. Even the ? was nowhere to be
seen--this ?? or also was absent. The metrics
of the young one left in the nest were
about 3/4" to 1" long with a very short
feather sheath remaining over the base. The
remiges, on the other hand, were about
4" long, with a feather sheath for
about half their length over the base
of each feather. The bright yellow edges
of the bill that had been so prominent
when the bird was younger, had disappeared.
May 28
At 9:05 A.M. this morning, on examination of
the nest in the live oak tree, I found the
third youngster had also flown from the
nest. Almost no excrement was found in the nest.
At 2:20 P.M., there were 4 young birds in
the nest in the Cedrus decidua tree south
of Hilgard Hall.
At 2:58 P.M. when I returned to the nest
in the Cedrus decidua tree, the ? was standing
on the west edge of the nest, facing east.
[illegible]
At 3:00 P.M.
the ? settled upon the nest, facing north-east.
The ?? was on the lawn about 40' from the
tree. He uttered 3 single notes about 2
seconds apart. Then, at 3:01 P.M., he flew
into the tree containing the nest. He
landed on a branch about 25' from