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Greenberg
1976
8 melanotus following
GRID 2 6/29-1 Coded 7 May 78
29 June I started in the lower right-hand corner of the grid & encountered
3♂8♀+1♀ feeding together at 10/4. After 5 minutes All birds
flew to 8/6 or thereabouts, I could see chases between the males
All 3 miles back small wuthles → found 2 males +9 on ground
feeding & they took off & got into a 6 bril (458, 299?)
chased two 8's circled back but following was aborted.
I went to grid 3 into territory — I found
a bird at 29/6/7, he flew after 2 minutes he towered up
several hundred feet and joined another Patrol, a bird
Patrol (3) appeared - joining near three 2 birds over village
ridge & the bird I was following went out of sight to the
Southwest. Another 8 glided by me while I watched all
this, but I couldn't find it. I saw a very active
male on the N. side of territory 8. (3/7) I followed it.
T=1050
0 alert f=135 → 1/4 sec hoot → 152
1 alert
2 alert+ f=237 → 1 sec hoot → 254
3 alert f=245 → 8 sec hoot → 419
7 flying f=556 → 9 sec hoot → 634
8 flying f=745 → 808
9 alert + preening f=114 → 8 sec hoot → 1024
10 flying
11 alert
12 alert
13 = feeding
14 alert → 8 sec hoot → 1429 f=1444 → 1516
15 flying
16 feeding
17 = feeding)
18 = feeding
19 = feeding
20 alert
21 = alert
22 = alert
23 = alert
24 feeding f=2425 → 3 sec hoot → 2444
25 alert
26 alert+ f=2625 → 2642
27 alert
28 alert+ f=2831 → 6 sec hoot → 2908
29 flying
30 feeding 3003 → 3 sec hoot → 3054, 3054 → 3111 (cheese)
31 flying
32 ?
33 ?
34 feeding - feeding f=3330 → 3559
35 alert f=3630 → 2 sec hoot → 3654
36 alert+ (p.2, 3)
37 feeding f=3847 → chirring BB → 3908
38 feeding
39 flying
No feeding