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J P Myers
RAS
Calidris melaanotes following
13
Grid 2
49=f=26
48=f=22
21 June
(cent'd)
49= Woodin '22
50= "
→ 0
51=f
52=51.f
53=51.f
54=51.f
55=51.f
56=f
57=f=56
58=f
→ 8 approx mean hr
59+f
60=f=59 → 0
61=59.f
62=59.f
63=59.f
64=59.f - chased
65= Wilting - 25
being chased by another bird which is not obviously 87 i.e. no pronounced wattle.
further, no preliminary elaborate 8-type display although there is obviously some
aggression, posturing, working away from area, jalloing, as in low key
winter territory.
[illegible]
could be that latter 8 was 9 or was of the 1st year wing of bird calidris should
be beginning now. could it have been a nesting 8?
23 June
♂ 6/23/75-1
f=f
t1=1600
2=f
3=2f
4=8=f flew 30m
5=f
6=f5 "feeding frontally" flew again short distance
7=f
8=f
9=8=f
10 circulatting flew from 9 to nest (P5#2) at (2,4)
6/23/75-2 ♂
1= booting in air 8 sec t1=1618
2=f
3=2f
4=f
5=f 5:16 took off landed 5:23
6=alert, gassy ravenh wibbunk call
7=6=alert
8-6=alert 8:54 took off, booting at 8
9=booting landed 9:04
10=f 9:30 flew, landed 10:35, flew again
11=f→8
12=alert
13. Supplanting in air. 13:30 booting in air 25m
14=f 14:26 → 14:31 in air 14:35 flew → 14:42
15=alert 14:42 took → 15:50 (6-2d)
16=alert 16:02 flew ten in, then again briefly
17=f
18=f=17 18:40 cleared RBS 18:50 landed
19>a
20>19>a 20:03 - flew to boat; landed 20:21
21>a 21:40-48 flying