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JAM Verbeek
1966
Calidris canutus (a)
call and the ooo-eee song.
20 June
Noticed a single bird feeding at 20:45 in the Drum Area.
At one point a Baridi got too close to the Knot and the
latter made a few steps toward the Baridi in an aggressive
way. After about 10 minutes observation the Knot flew
away and when I followed him I noticed there was a
second bird in the air. They both took off.
22 June.
Saw one bird about ½ of a mile by the Voth slough (from its
months) feeding in company of two Golden Plovers.
1 July
Two birds, calling knot-knot, flying over Drum Area and
landing there at 21:30, across from Telephone pole 22.
13 July
Found one bird in attendance of four small downy young
at 20:21 on the Drum Area near the gas line about
100 m. N. of the point where it decides to go to the Dew line
Site. When I returned 25 minutes later the young had
moved ± 30 m. Took Tom Austin out to verify the record
and also took 10 pictures of the adult and clownies. After a
cup of tea I went back again and collected one downy at 22:30.
The downies had moved some 45 m from where I left them
after our photography.
Looking back over my notes, it looks like I saw the bird
in the same place on 19 June. Strange I did not see a Knot
between 1 July and to-day. Characterized the spot where I saw
the young on my three observation times.
m 485 w? f sat 3/6A 3/2
m 486 w? lp W 3/6A 1/1
m 487 w? lo W 3/6A 3/2