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Mayhew
1947
May 28
Western Robin
39.
U.C. campus, Alameda Co., Calif.
she were breathing very hard. Then she
settled down completely. At 3:55 P.M. the
& left the nest & flew to a tree about 150 feet
south where she began to preen her feathers.
At 3:57 P.M. she flew down to the lawn
beneath the tree she had been preening in.
At 4:05 P.M. the & returned to the south
edge of the nest, fed one youngster, then
settled on the nest facing west. At
4:10 P.M. she stood up & probed in the
bottom of the nest with her bill.
At 4:12 P.M. she settled down facing west.
At 4:30 P.M., on inspecting the nest in
the Persea lingue tree near Oxford Circle,
it was found to be empty, & the bottom had
been torn up. Perhaps this explains why no
young hatched in this nest.
At 4:44 P.M. the & left the nest in the
Adina decodra tree, uttering a single note
as she flew. She landed on the lawn about
100 feet south of the nest. Then she began
to look for worms, working back toward the
nest. At 4:48 P.M., when she was about
50 feet from the tree, she flew to the west
side of the nest & fed one youngster.
She then ate one experiment pellet, then
she settled on the nest, facing north.
At 4:50 P.M. she flew north from the
nest. At 4:54 P.M. the & returned to the west
edge of the nest where she stood