Alaska field notes, v4434
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Maki 1959 Aris Flammene July 15 Bowl at nest 4 did a destruction display in plain sets sight for one. Similar to the one described above. Was flying high, did a wing one + dove to ground, flew along ground away from me bringing wings together under body. The wings seemed to bend mostly at distal end so that [illegible] the impression I got was as so: [illegible] Wings going up, almost to horizontal + down as shown. Did this 6-8 times & my sight wing beats + landed. July 16 Of nest 4 repeated the above performance today. Fenced in nest #2. Found only one chick being brooded by ?. After much searching about found one other chick + put it in enclosure. During this searching I found 3 or 4 pockets in the grass where the chicks have been resting. They make a depression in dappgrass about their own size, 5x8 inches by 5" deep. Apparently they are likely to stay there for some time & be fed, by the ? I presume. Two of the depressions had 2 each pellets in them, one had some feces. The same thing is occurring in my enclosed nests. Older chicks have little depressions in which they rest & have several pellets next to them indicating that they stay there & are fed there. Collected pellets.