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Remsen,
J.V.
1972
Curlew Sandpiper
10 July 1030-1145: checked Village Ridge nests:
N4: 4 eggs
N7: 4 eggs
N6: gone but captured young 40 yds to
SW of nest; banded and weighed:
7.4, 8.2, 7.9, 7.6 grams.
(308) (307) (306) (309)
115- Nest camera placed on N4 (drilla-drilla of FAP)
1130 N6 ♀ not only gave the "sheeoo, wheeoo" call of the
male but almost completed full display song. - after the
wheeoo-wheeoo came a couple of mechanical notes and
then one of the ascending whistles of the male, but softer.
This seemed to be a response to indicate extreme
agitation or perhaps an extension or intensification of
the gathering call for the young.
However, in Voth Slough at 1150, a lone ♀ was
flushed and she continued 100 ft up in the air for maybe
300 yds and then gave a "whee-ooo-wheeo--" followed
by an ascending whistle (all less loud and crisp than
a male).
Jeff Myll banded 3 young on the east side of
Voth Slough between sites 2,4. Mike Fitzgerald also saw
a brood of at least 3 unbanded
young in the southern tip of
Voth Slough before it bends SE; also two lone females
together in Voth Slough. Thus there are at least two broods
which we did not discover in the nest.