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Malo,
1959
Calcarina lappanera
3 horn tich on the timber. They are hanging
about the beach ridge, the scrape, & the
bare polygons at S. end of central marsh.
Didn't keep track of them but might have
seen 20 pairs on the trip. They tended to be
widely scattered + in pairs
June 3 Still a few scattered and one bare area
on timber. I saw 2 males displaying on
the wing. One group of 3 males, & a
lot of pairs. Widely scattered.
June 13 Betimisea. Nest- 4 egg - one chick - mated
down only partly day + fluffed. 4 egg not
pipping.
Males still singing & displaying.
June 14 Nest with 6 newly hatched, i.e. 1 day old
chicks.
Nest w: 5 young, 1 day old
Nest w: 4 eggs.
Nest w: 5 young, 1 day old
Nest w: 2 eggs, 4 young
*(female) Nest w: 2 egg, 3 young - one w down not
yet fluffed. Others fluffed out.
June 15 Nest w 6 egg - ridge above camp. P. of red
stike - twaod area - nest tucked under twaod edge.
* Swade Nest (above) 1:45 PM 3 chicks, 2 eggs
7:00 PM same (not hatched on June 17)
June 17 Swade Nest w 6 chicks,
Swade Nest w 5 eggs,