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1981 R.L. Mumme
Journal
Hastings Reservation
(9 June) Shopping, then another photo session at 1500.
10 June Spent a lot of time watching at Plague, with some success.
Washed clothes, cleaned, organized, banded the babies
at 1800. Dinner at the bunkhouse.
11 June Good all-day nest watch at 1800; I had the last last
shifts, again. In between, a quick look at Blomone and
a nest check at Rd 3.
12 June Cold + windy. Bad start, but I find the new nest at
Warp 5, which Walter & E open around noon. A return
to Road 1 in the afternoon. Lots of good mail today, including
first roll of 1500 photos. Dinner at Red House.
13 June Blom-one + Rd 1 in the morning, I watch the nest a bit at
ARF 2, check the nest at Rd 3, started work on the egg toss
paper, dinner in the Bunkhouse.
14 June Almost all day Egg-toss paperwork. Made it out of the
cabin long enough to see some juvenile dominance at Plague
and check the nest at Rd 3.
15 June Wastetime Short, a-productive watch for babies at School Hill,
and a-productive watch at Rd 1, nest check at Rd 3,
Swimminghole action, roosting at Gate
16 June Long watches at Rd 1, a Wilson's Phalarope excursion
or Blomquist, and swimming.
17 June Boring watch at SHill, bading Warp 5, then 700th
bird party + wild dance at the Cabin.
18 June Watched a bit at Blom-one early, worked on the egg-toss
paper some, banded at Low Hay, Swimming. Then leave
for Berkeley after dinner.