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Remsen,
J.V.
1972
Curlew Sandpiper
even a hefty male. In flight, she was followed by three
Pectorals which were part of the new flux of (?) young birds -
When she displaced a male Pectoral, they bo-red heads at each
other head on, and she charged him and he flew.
28 June
0730-0915 - F.A.P. and myself searched in vain for
nests of possible 7th and 8th females. No males at all
were detected despite no wind -- we were convinced that they
had departed.
6 July
0913 - Placed nest camera on N1 - 4 eggs, still. Female
had radically changed in her attitude towards intruders from
25 June - amazingly tame. She returned to within 30
feet of the nest, circled Terry Hall a few times, and sat
down and began incubating within 5 minutes. Terry snapped
a picture and she flushed but again returned within a couple
of minutes - He, myself, and Larry Goldstein just couldn't
believe it - we even temporarily forgot about the huge swarms
of mosquitoes.
7 July
Jeff Myll found a nest/4e on Gasline Ridge where we
had suspected nesting earlier. The nest was on the JBP
Bird Transect.
8 July
2230 - Placed nest camera on Gasline Ridge nest (N7); bird
did not return before we left
2330 - No eggs in N1. Removed camera. No birds in
sight
9 July
1030 - F.A. Pitelka and myself found what was almost
certainly the Curlew ♀ from N1 attending at least 2
chicks about 225 yds. W.E. of Village Ridge on the